Countries
India
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
India
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ukraine
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic