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Greek

Ελληνικά

At BFSU, Greek is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.

WHERE IT IS SPOKEN

Greece, Cyprus, Germany

NATIVE NAME
Ελληνικά
WRITING SYSTEM
Greek script
AT BFSU
One of 101 languages

LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD

See where Greek connects communities.

LANGUAGE REACH

≈12.2M

Greek is spoken across 7 countries and territories.

No. 49 of 101 languages · No. 20 by territory count

ACROSS CONTINENTS
  1. Europe

    04

    GreeceGermanyAlbaniaItaly

  2. Middle East & North Africa

    01

    Egypt

  3. The Americas

    01

    Canada

  4. Other areas

    01

    Cyprus

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

From daily conversation in Greece, Cyprus, and Germany to education, literature and media, Greek carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.

Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.

AT BFSU

A language opens a wider view of the world.

BFSU places Greek within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.

The language is commonly written in Greek script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.

SOURCE TRAIL

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