Countries
Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
3
12
6
9
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
South America
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)
Not Available
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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Armenian
Not Available
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Quechua-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
24
6
31
13
Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
4
5
2
How Many Consonants
17
7
26
16
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Solpayki
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Allillanchu
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Wuynus diyas
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Not Available
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
αντίο (antío)
bye
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pampachaway
Dialects
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Ancash
Where They Speak
Greece
Peru
How Many People Speak
2,800.00
99+
920,000.00
29
Dialect 2
Griko
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Italy
Peru
How Many People Speak
50,000.00
38
190,000.00
33
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Yaru
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Peru
How Many People Speak
Not Available
150,000.00
25
Total No. Of Dialects
25
21
10
10
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
99+
8.90 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.18 %
99+
0.13 %
99+
Native Speakers
13.00 million
99+
8.90 million
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
quechua
German Name
Neugriechisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Quechua
History
Origin
1500 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Quechua
Language Position
74
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
el
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ell
que
ISO 639 2/B
gre
que
ISO 639 3
ell
que
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
quec1387
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
