Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.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)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic