Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
szia
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
köszönöm
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Hogy vagy?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Jó Éjszakát
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
jó Estét
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
jó Reggelt
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Kérlek
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
bocsi
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
viszlát
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Szeretlek
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
elnézést
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Csángó
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bacău County, Rumania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Oberwart
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Austria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Székely
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Székely Land
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.07 million
  
38
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Magyar
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
hongrois
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Ungarisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Hungarians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1192 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ugric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Hungarian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Hungarian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
hu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
hun
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
hun
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
hun
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
hung1274
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
ohu
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic