Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
12th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available