Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
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)
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Chike
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
konkani
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
goan1235
  
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