Greek, Ellinika'

	Like a golden apple of ancient mythology, Greek is the only language on its branch of the Indo-European family tree. Its closest relations are the Indo-Iranian languages, and Armenian.
	12,000,000 speakers
	Greek is the official language in Greece and Cyprus. It is officially recognised in the Albanian districts of Saranda and Gjirokastër. Home speakers live in Italy and Turkey. It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
	The Modern Greek alphabet has 24 letters, running from α to ω. What to Western alphabets is a semicolon ( ; ) in Greek denotes the question mark.
	Greek is one of the oldest recorded languages of Europe. There are clay tablets, from the second millennium BC, that contain records of trade between continental Greece and Crete.
	The 19th and 20th centuries witnessed a struggle to establish a modern Greek language. Eventually, Demotic, which was used mainly in speech, prevailed over Katharévousa used in literature and official documents.
	BBC World Service in Greek.

Key Phrases Yes. No. Welcome! Pleased to meet you. Hello. Goodbye. Thank you.
	My name is ... Do you speak English? I'm sorry, I don't speak Greek I need help. Where is the toilet, please?

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