Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
India
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
India
  
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
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic