Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
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
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
pachto
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1651
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional