Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
China, Mongolia
  
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)
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
mongol
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available