1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Burma
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Burundi, Gambia
1.4 Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Not Available
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
1.9 Similar To
Armenian
Kinyarwanda Language
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
Not Available
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)
Bwakeye
3.2 Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Urakoze
3.3 How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Urakomeye?
3.4 Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Ijoro ryiza
3.5 Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Mwiriwe
3.6 Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Mwiriwe
3.7 Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Mwaramutse
3.8 Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndagusavye
3.9 Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Not available
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Rwanda-Rundi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Greece
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,800.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
50,000.00990,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA153,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
13.00 million8.80 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
13.00 million8.80 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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
rundi
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
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
56-AAA-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available