Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Armenian
Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Henda ho
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Not Available
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Boge Setak’
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Not Available
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Not Available
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Not Available
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Not Available
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Mahali
Where They Speak
Greece
India
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
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
santal
German Name
Neugriechisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
el
No data available
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
sant1410
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Santali Speaking population
Greek and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Greek vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Santali Language Codes
Greek and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.