Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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 in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
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
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.