Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
European Union, Poland
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Poland
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
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.
  
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-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)
  
cześć
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
dziękuję
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Jak się masz?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
dobranoc
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
proszę
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
przepraszam
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Kashubian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Masovian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Silesian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Czech Republic, Poland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Polski
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Polnisch, Polski
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
polonais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Polnisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ˈpɔlski]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Poles
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1270
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Polish
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
pl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
pol
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
pol
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
pol
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
pols
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
poli1260
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-cc
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic