Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Japan
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
japonais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic