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Eíüôçôá 9
Tá åëëçíéêÜ åßíáé ç åðßóçìç
ãëþóóá óôçí EëëÜäá
Eßíáé ìéá áðü ôéò 3 åðßóçìåò ãëþóóåò óôçí Kýðñï.
Tï 80% ôùí êáôïßêùí óôçí Kýðñï ìéëÜ EëëçíéêÜ.
Tï 18% ìéëÜ Tïýñêéêá êáé ç ôñßôç åðßóçìç ãëþóóá
åßíáé ôá AããëéêÜ (áããëéêÞ áðïéêßá ìÝ÷ñé ôï 1960).
Ðïëëïß ìåôáíÜóôåò óôéò HíùìÝíåò Ðïëéôåßåò ôçò
AìåñéêÞò, óôïí KáíáäÜ, óôçí AñãåíôéíÞ êáé óå
Üëëåò ÷þñåò ôçò AìåñéêÞò ìéëÜíå EëëçíéêÜ.
Ðïëëïß êÜôïéêïé óôçí AöñéêÞ (Aßãõðôï, Nüôéá
AöñéêÞ ê.ô.ë.), óôçí Aóßá, óôçí êåíôñéêÞ, äõôéêÞ,
áíáôïëéêÞ êáé íüôéá Eõñþðç, óôá BáëêÜíéá êáé óå
ðïëëÝò ÷þñåò ôçò ðñþçí ÓïâéåôéêÞò ¸íùóçò
ìéëïýí EëëçíéêÜ.
Eßíáé ìéá áðü ôéò äåêáôÝóóåñéò óçìáíôéêÝò ãëþóóåò
ôçò Aõóôñáëßáò.
Eßíáé ìéá áðü ôéò åðßóçìåò ãëþóóåò ôçò
Eõñþðçò.
Eßíáé ìéá áðü ôéò êýñéåò ãëþóóåò ìåôáíáóôþí óôçí
Ãåñìáíßá.
Eßíáé ìéá ãëþóóá ðïõ Ý÷åé åìðëïõôßóåé ðïëëÝò
Üëëåò ãëþóóåò êáé ðïëéôéóìïýò óôïí êüóìï.
Aðïôåëåß ìÝñïò ôçò ãëùóóéêÞò êáé ðïëéôéóôéêÞò
êëçñïíïìéÜò ôùí ðåñéóóüôåñùí ÷ùñþí ôçò
Eõñþðçò.
Eßíáé ìéá óýã÷ñïíç ãëþóóá ðïõ õðÜñ÷åé óôçí
êáèçìåñéíÞ ìáò æùÞ ìå äéÜöïñïõò ôñüðïõò:
÷ñçóéìïðïéïýìå êáèçìåñéíÜ åëëçíéêÝò ëÝîåéò, ôçí
âñßóêïõìå êáèçìåñéíÜ óôéò åöçìåñßäåò êáé ôá
ðåñéïäéêÜ ìáò, óôá ìáãáæéÜ, óôïí ãéáôñü, óôéò
ïíïìáóßåò öõôþí êáé æþùí, óôá ó÷ïëéêÜ
ìáèÞìáôá, óôçí åðéóôÞìç, óôçí ôÝ÷íç, óôçí
ãåùãñáößá, óôçí éóôïñßá ê.ô.ë.
Tçí ìáèáßíïõíå ðïëëïß ìáèçôÝò êáé öïéôçôÝò óå
ðïëëÜ ó÷ïëåßá êáé ðáíåðéóôÞìéá óå üëï ôïí êüóìï.
Tçí ìéëÜíå ðïëëïß ôïõñßóôåò óôçí EëëÜäá, ôçí
Kýðñï êáé óå Üëëåò ÷þñåò ôïõ êüóìïõ üðïõ
õðÜñ÷ïõí Üíèñùðïé ðïõ ìéëÜíå åëëçíéêÜ.
Greek is the official language
in Greece
It is one of the three official languages in Cyprus
(spoken by 80% approximately). The other two are
Turkish (18%) and English (a British colonly until
1960).
It is widely spoken by Greek migrants who settled in
The United States, Canada, Argentina and other
countries in Latin America.
It is widely spoken by a lot of Greeks residing in
places such as Africa (Egypt, South Africa etc), Asia,
countries of Europe, especially the Balkans and the
countries of the former Soviet Union.
It is one of the fourteen spoken languages in Aus-
tralia.
It is one of the official languages in the European
Union.
It is widely used by Greek guest workers residing in
Germany.
It is a language which has enriched a lot of other lan-
guages in the world. It constitutes part of the linguis-
tic and cultural heritage of most languages and cul-
tures of Europe.
Greek is currently used in different situations: in our
every day life, in our newspapers and magazines, in
our shopping, at our various doctors' visits, in the
name of our plants or animals, in our school and
subject life, in our scientific, artistic, geographic, his-
toric etc.
It is studied by many students and scholars in many
schools and universities in the world.
It is a language spoken by many tourists. who visit
Greece, Cyprus and other Greek-speaking parts of the
world.
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áíïßãïõìå ðáñÜèõñï óôïí êüóìï... Ôá åëëçíéêÜ êáé ï êüóìïò
Greek and the world