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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
16  
6
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Greece  

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

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
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Mariupol  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
0.18 %  
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  

History

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  

Language Position
27  
23
74  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Italian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Greek language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Italian and Greek Language History.

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Italian and Greek 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 Italian and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Greek language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Greek Difficulty

The Italian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Greek 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 Italian and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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