Languages of Greece

Languages of Greece
Official	Greek (Demotic)
Regional	Cretan, Cappadocian, Pontic, Maniot, Thracian, Tsakonian, Yevanic
Minority	Albanian, Turkish, Russian, Romani, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Armenian
Foreign	English (51%)[1] German (9%) French (8.5%) Italian (8%)
Signed	Greek Sign Language
Keyboard layout	Greek keyboard
Source	European Commission[2]

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The official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by 99% of the population. In addition, a number of non-official, minority languages and some Greek dialects are spoken as well. The most common foreign languages learned by Greeks are English, German, French and Italian.