Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Middle East
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
kurde
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available