Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-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)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Griko
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Português
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
portugais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available