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.
(June 2013). 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, Spanish, and Italian.odern Greek (Î½ÎµÎ¿ÎµÎ»Î»Î·Î½Î¹ÎºÎ® Î³Î»ÏÏÏÎ±) is the only official language of the Hellenic Republic, and is spoken by some 99.5% of the population by approximately 11,100,000 people (though not necessarily as a first language).