Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.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
Ahoj
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Prosím
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
slovaque
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic