Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
West Java
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Banten
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bogor
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available