Only about two percent of people were chronically poor under the supplemental measure, compared with 3.3 percent under the official rate. This is important, because research shows that chronic poverty does the most long-term harm to people, especially children.
Greek is the official language of Greece, where it is spoken by almost the entire population. It is also the official language of Cyprus (nominally alongside Turkish). Because of the membership of Greece and Cyprus in the European Union, Greek is one of the organization's 24 official languages.
Greek Sign Language (ÎµÎ»Î»Î·Î½Î¹ÎºÎ® Î½Î¿Î·Î¼Î±ÏÎ¹ÎºÎ® Î³Î»ÏÏÏÎ±) is the sign language of the Greek deaf community. It has been legally recognised as the official language of the Deaf Community in Greece and is estimated to be used by about 42,000 signers (12,000 children and 30,000 active adult users) in 1986.