Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic