Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
scuze
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
La revedere
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
Not Available
  
Native Name
Română
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1521
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic