Greek
Indo-European language
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Summary
Greek is a natural language[1]. Greek ranks in the top 0.27% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,648 views/month, #2 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Greece[3], Cyprus[4], Australia[5], Albania[6], Armenia[7], United Kingdom[8], Germany[9], Georgia[10], Egypt[11], Israel[12], Italy[13], Kazakhstan[14], Canada[15], Russia[16]
- Instance of: modern language[17], language family[18]
- Subclass of: Hellenic[19], Southern European language[20]
- Writing system: Greek alphabet[21]
- Commons category: Greek language[22]
- Wikimedia language code: el[23]
- Said to be the same as: Modern Greek[24]
- Has part(s): Latin or Greek word[25], Ancient Greek[26], Koine Greek[27], medieval Greek[28], Modern Greek[29], Mariupolitan Greek[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Greek language[31]
- Language regulatory body: Center for the Greek Language[32]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 13,100,000[33], 13,156,880[34], 13,000,000[35]
- Described by source: Dictionary of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation (2007 ed.)[36], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[39]
- Topic has template: Template:Greek Newspapers[40]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/greek[41], https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/greek[42]
- Has characteristic: agreement[43]
- Native label: ελληνικά[44], νέα ελληνικά[45]
- Short name: греческий[46], грецька[47]
Why It Matters
Greek has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Greek is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Greek has been cited as an influence by English[50], a natural language[51], in American Samoa[52] and Esperanto[53], a planned language[54], in Esperantujo[55], founded in 1887[56].
FAQs
Who did Greek influence?
Greek has been cited as an influence by English[50] and Esperanto[53].