Countries
India
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
- 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
Munda Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Not Available
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
India
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
santal
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Santali
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
20th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic