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
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
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 Speaking population
Greek and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Italian on Greek vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Greek and Italian Language Codes
Greek and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.