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
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Griko
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Italy
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Glottocode
ital1282
gree1276
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.