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Europe > Greece > Language

GREEK LANGUAGE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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English-speaking population > As an additional language 4,200,000 [19th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total 4,200,000 [22nd of 0]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Γιῶργος Τάδε (Giorgos Tade, male), Μαρία Τάδε (Maria Tade, female), Τάδε Ταδόπουλος (Tade Tadopoulos, male), Τάδε Ταδοπούλου (Tade Tadopulou, female), ὁ/ἡ Δείνα (his partner), ὁ Φούφουτος (O Foufoutos), Ἕνας Κάποιος (Enas Kapoios), Γιάννης Φάλας (Giannes Falas)
Languages
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 97.5 [51st of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 1.96 [13th of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 2 [13th of 37]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000 160,000 [10th of 32]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000 90 % [13th of 32]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English 48 % [13th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French 8 % [17th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German 9 % [19th of 29]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; Wikipedia: John Doe ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature ; Wikipedia: Romani language ; Wikipedia: Languages of the European Union

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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