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Greek vs Italian


Italian vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
7  
8

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Armenian  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
16  
6

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
ciao  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
grazie  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
buongiorno  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
scusate  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Griko  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Italiano  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
italien  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Italians  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Italian  

Language Position
74  
99+
27  
23

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
ita  

ISO 639 3
ell  
ita  

ISO 639 6
ells  
itas  

Glottocode
gree1276  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Greek and Italian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Italian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Italian Language History.

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Greek and Italian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Greek and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Italian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Italian Difficulty

The Greek vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Italian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Greek and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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