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The letters correspond always to their pronunciation, unless there's a borrow used (eg. ''είς''). The Grekelin orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | The letters correspond always to their pronunciation, unless there's a borrow used (eg. ''είς''). The Grekelin orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | ||
==Geographic Distribution== | ==Geographic Distribution and Demographics== | ||
Grekelin today has about 1.3 million speakers, spread out all across Central Europe. Out of them, 300.000 lived in Hungary, where a region uses it as an official language, another 400.000 live in Serbia or Greece, and 600.000 are speaking it as a native language across the world. It forms the majority language in ''North Banat'' and some spread out parts of Slovakia and Ukraine. It forms a significant language in Hungary and is also spoken in Greece. Generally, its speakers are considered of Greek descent or natives of the land they live in, adopting Grekelin as their language. | Grekelin today has about 1.3 million speakers, spread out all across Central Europe. Out of them, 300.000 lived in Hungary, where a region uses it as an official language, another 400.000 live in Serbia or Greece, and 600.000 are speaking it as a native language across the world. It forms the majority language in ''North Banat'' and some spread out parts of Slovakia and Ukraine. It forms a significant language in Hungary and is also spoken in Greece. Generally, its speakers are considered of Greek descent or natives of the land they live in, adopting Grekelin as their language. The populations of Serbia and Slovakia speak the Slavic dialect whereas the Hungarian and Greek populations speak the Standard dialect. | ||
Proto-Grekelin is also considered not extinct yet, with about 1000 speakers, mainly in Southern Slovakia. | Proto-Grekelin is also considered not extinct yet, with about 1000 speakers, mainly in Southern Slovakia. | ||