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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Griko
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Italy
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Glottocode
gree1276
ital1282
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
51-AAA-q
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.