1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
hallo
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
goeie more
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
jammer
3.10 Bye
αντίο (antío)
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Griko
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Mariupol
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
13.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic