Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1593
  
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
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available