Greek Language

         Greek Language, Indo-European language spoken primarily in Greece. Greek is almost spoken by 13.4 million native speakers. One thing that  is fascinating about the Greek language is that when you look at the Indo-European language chart, Greek stands on it’s own. Nearly every language in that family, whether it is Latin or Germanic, developed into other languages over time. For example, Spanish, French, and Italian, were derived from Latin.Greek is the national language of Greece, where it is spoken by about 10.7 million people, and the co-official language, along with Turkish of Cyprus, where it is spoken by 1.1 million people.The first known script for writing Greek was the syllabary Linear B deciphered in 1953 by Michael Ventris . It was used for writing Mycenaean an early form of Greek.Many modern scientific and technical words in English and other Western languages are derived from Greek. It has been estimated that over 10% of English vocabulary is of Greek origin.Many modern scientific and technical words in English and other Western languages are derived from Greek. With 182 characters when transliterated into English, Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­parao­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon is the longest Ancient Greek word. It is a fictional dish and was created by Aristophanes in his comedy assembly women.The word 'alphabet' is actually formed of 'alpha' and 'beta', the two first letters of the Greek alphabet.

GREEK ALPHABETS

ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE

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