Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Armenian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
αντίο (antío)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Greece
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Italy
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Montenegrin
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
serbe
German Name
Neugriechisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Serbs
Origin
1500 BC
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European 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
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
serb1264
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Greek and Serbian Speaking population
Greek and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian on Greek vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Serbian Language Codes
Greek and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.