Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
italien
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
ells
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic