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
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Southern
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
mace1250
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
Greek and Macedonian Speaking population
Greek and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Macedonian on Greek vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Macedonian Language Codes
Greek and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.