Why do Italians use the same word for "hello" and "goodbye"? Are we retarded...

Why do Italians use the same word for "hello" and "goodbye"? Are we retarded? Is there any other language that does this?

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most languages do this

Examples please.

French: Salut

swedish hej

Only the informal one is the same

Don't you say arrivederci sometimes?

Good day, english.

cześć in Polish

I say "Scheiß Kartoffel" whenever I greet or say goodbye to a German.

Hi in finnish is 'hei', goodbye is 'hei hei'

Korean: Anyeong

Spanish (at night): Buenas noches

Buenas días, buenas tardes, buenas noches in spanish.

>German humor

Informal version in English would be "hi" and "bye".

The Dutch equivalent would be "kankerhomo"
In informal situations it can be used as "hello", "goodbye", and as "that's a good one, m9"

we use chao for bye

Arabic: salam, Hebrew: shalom.

WE USE BLAGODARYA AND DOVIJDANE NOT MERSI AND CHAO REEEEEEEE

Büdös cigány in Hungol

greek: γειά σου ("your health", be healthy)

Why can't Italians answer a phone call like a normal human being?

>gay asshole
Doesn't sound too nice

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Awoooooo!

>Is there any other language that does this?
Aloha is used like that

;^)

"Aloha" in Hawaiian

Servus

in finnish:

hello: hei
goodbye: hei hei

sagen nur spacken uezs

Most of our greetings can be used as goodbyes as well.

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"Yarak" in turkish

Hungarian does this with "Szia"

Slovak- Ahoy,Ciao

None Latin can.

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>Up Spain, Hello?

Bonjour can mean goodbye

Hebrew: Shalom
(Though we tend to use Lehitra'ot for goodbye, but Shalom is correct for both)

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>are we retarded?

Yea, we've "Salut"