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Greek

Ελληνικά – its own name

Official or co-official in 2 countries. Listed in 10 countries.

Speakers (estimate): c. 12 million; sum over countries per CLDR, including second-language users
Family: Indo-European; Greek
Script: Greek
Codes: el · ell; Glottolog mode1248

Where it is spoken

Official 1
Co-official 1
Minority 8

Official

Greece 99% 10 million

Co-official

Cyprus 95% 1.3 million

Minority

Germany 0.4% 320 thousand
Canada 0.4% 155 thousand
Egypt <0.1% 68 thousand
Albania 1.9% 59 thousand
Italy <0.1% 21 thousand
Ukraine <0.1% 7.1 thousand
Romania <0.1% 4.2 thousand
Türkiye <0.1% 4.0 thousand

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