Greek
el · Ελληνικά
Greek (el) is written in the Greek script and has an estimated 12.2M speakers. It is an official language in Greece and Cyprus. CLDR has 4 locales for it.
Native nameΕλληνικά
ScriptGreekGrek
Speakers12.2Mestimated
Countries10
Locales4
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- el
- Native name
- Ελληνικά
- Script
- Greek Grek
- Likely region
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
- Locales
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇷 Greece | Official | 99% |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | Official | 95% |
| 🇦🇱 Albania | 1.9% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.4% | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.38% | |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.061% | |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.035% | |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.023% | |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 0.02% | |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 0.0048% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |