Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Ibo
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
igbo
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Greek and Igbo Speaking population
Greek and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Igbo on Greek vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Igbo Language Codes
Greek and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.