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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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