Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic