Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Please
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
scusate
  
Bye
Bye
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
English
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Italiano
  
French Name
anglais
  
italien
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Italians
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
itas
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic