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Greek and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Japan  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Korean Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
17  
7

Scripts
Kana  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
13.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
japonais  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Japanisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
1185  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
8  
8
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
gre  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Japanese and Greek Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Greek Speaking population

Japanese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Greek on Japanese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Greek Language Codes

Japanese and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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