Greek Language
Greek has been official language of Byzantine Empire and is widely spoken in Mediterranean countries. Greek along with Latin is used now in modern production of new languages. One of the oldest languages Greek was lingual franca of Balkan peninsula s early as 3 BC, One of the remarkable earliest evidence of Greek language in written form was found in Crete in form of B clay tablets.’ In the room of chariot tables’ thus acquiring distinction of proved ancient languages of the world. Greek l Alphabets is originated from Phoenician alphabets one of the oldest scripts of the world.
Greek words have been borrowed by other languages like English, In fact it’s believed that 12% of English language and vocabulary consist of Greek words. Some of the common words are Mathematics, physics, astronomy, democracy, philosophy, theatre, thespian, athletics, anthropology, photography, telephony and the list goes on and on.
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Greek alphabet
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Αα
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Alpha
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Νν
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Nu
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Ββ
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Beta
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Ξξ
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Xi
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Γγ
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Gamma
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Οο
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Omicron
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Δδ
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Delta
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Ππ
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Pi
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Εε
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Epsilon
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Ρρ
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Rho
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Ζζ
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Zeta
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Σσς
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Sigma
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Ηη
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Eta
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Ττ
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Tau
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Θθ
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Theta
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Υυ
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Upsilon
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Ιι
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Iota
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Φφ
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Phi
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Κκ
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Kappa
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Χχ
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Chi
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Λλ
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Lambda
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Ψψ
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Psi
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Μμ
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Mu
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Ωω
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Omega
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Other characters
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Digamma
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Stigma
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Heta
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San
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Qoppa
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Sampi
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Different styles of Greek language
Modern Greek alphabets are 24 in no’s and each letter has majuscule and miniscule form that is lower and upper cases are present.
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capital
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Α
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Β
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Γ
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Δ
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Ε
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Ζ
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Η
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Θ
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Ι
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Κ
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Λ
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Μ
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Ν
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Ξ
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Ο
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Π
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Ρ
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Σ
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Τ
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Υ
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Φ
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Χ
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Ψ
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Ω
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lower case
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α
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β
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γ
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δ
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ε
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ζ
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η
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θ
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ι
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κ
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λ
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μ
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ν
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ξ
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ο
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π
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ρ
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σ/ ς
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τ
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υ
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φ
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χ
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ψ
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ω
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The pronunciations of Greek alphabets
Greek numbers
They follow Arabic metric system no 1 to 12 have their own words but after 13 they become word of singular +the extra digit
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1 = ena - ένα
2 = dio - δύο
3 = tria - τρία
4= tessera - τέσσερα
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5 = pente - πέντε
6 = eksi - έξι
7 = efta - εφτά
8 = okto - οκτώ
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9 = enia - εννιά
10 = deka - δέκα
11 = endeka - έντεκα
12 = dodeka - δώδεκα
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13 = dekatria
14 = dekatessera
15 = dekapente
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16 - dekaeksi
17 = dekaefta
18 = dekaokto
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19 = dekaenia
20 = eikosi
21 = eikosiena
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Greek phrases
Kalimera = good moring - καλημέρα.
kalisperta = good noon - καλησπέρα.
kalinihta have agood night - καληνύχτα.
herete) =heloo- χαίρετε,
vassaou= hello/goodbye(amonst friends)
vassas+hello/goodbye(form
aladio= goodbye - αντίο
Yassou file mo niko = Hello my friend …niko
Learning Greek in Modern World
Greek is in itself one of the most complicated and difficult language to learn. But now being A part of Western union its gaining considerable economy growth. And liberalization and development oriented policies of Greek government are attracting more investors and business people to Greece.
Greece being one of the oldest existing civilization of world and Greek being one of the oldest languages alive makes it a very lucrative in terms of learning. Greece Tourism is gaining popularity day by day due to its beautiful natural topography, Mediterranean climate ancient heritage and mystique of the country more and more tourists are flocking to different parts of Greece and Crete. Many of the archeologist and historian are still exploring Greece to find ancient treasures its one of the favorite excavation sites of different archeologist ad anthropologist
Moreover Like Sanskrit which too is an ancient Indian language lot of academicians believe that Greek literature has hidden gems of knowledge which can give great boost to modern science and medicine world. Due to all this reasons and more Greek learners are multiplying fast in numbers. Thus it is potential explosive recruitment place for people who are well versed in Greek script and communication.