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Italian vs English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.90 %   
22

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   

History

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   

Language Position
3   
3
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed English   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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English and Italian Language History

Comparison of English vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Italian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 English and Italian Language History.

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

English vs Italian Difficulty

The English vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Italian 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 English and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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