Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating