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
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
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 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sans1269
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Greek and Sanskrit Speaking population
Greek and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Sanskrit on Greek vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Sanskrit Language Codes
Greek and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.