Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
maaf
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative