Locale El Gr

Reference data for the Greek (Greece) locale — endonym Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα), written in the Greek script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: el-GR
• ISO 639-1: el
• ISO 639-3: ell
• Script: Grek (Greek)
• Region: GR (Greece)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 10,500,000
• L2 (additional): 2,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 12,500,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale El 001 (Greek), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale El 001 with the conventions of Greece.

• Formats: euro (12,50 €); dates 17/10/2026 or 17 Οκτωβρίου 2026; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Terminology: use Greek EU terminology (the official Greek versions) for legal and administrative content.
• Greeklish: Greek written in Latin letters is common in chat and SMS; avoid it in any formal product text.
• Names: keep Greek name forms and transliteration consistent with passport spelling (ELOT 743 transliteration) when Latin forms are needed.

Common pitfalls

• Writing Greeklish or leaving Latin letters mixed with Greek.
• Using Cypriot dialect forms in standard text.
• The general pitfalls in Locale El 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• EU Interinstitutional Style Guide (https://style-guide.europa.eu), language-specific conventions