Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Norway
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
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.
  
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
god morgen
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Norsk
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1300 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional