Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Armenian
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
hola
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
triste
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic