Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.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)
  
alo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
scuze
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic