Greek national language and Greek as a Second Language
Greek speaking countries include both countries with Greek national language and Greek as a second language. Check if Greek language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
- Greek is national language of Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.
Compare Greek speaking countries with spanish speaking countries on Greek vs Spanish.
Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Greek is second language of Roman Empire.
The Greek countries mentioned under Greek Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Greek language.
Greek as minority language
Countries with Greek as minority language are also included in Greek speaking countries.
- Greek is spoken as minority language in Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.
Along with Greek speaking countries check out Greek speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
- Continent wise Greek speaking countries mainly lie in Asia, Europe.
You can also explore more about all Oceania Languages which are spoken in Oceania Continent.
Greek Regulator and Facts
Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Greek language are Greek regulators. Greek is regulated by Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας). The regulatory bodies of Greek lie in Greek speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Greek:
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
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The Greek language is derived from Latin and is closely related to Armenian.