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Italian and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
7  
8

National Language
France  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
ciao  

Thank You
Merci  
grazie  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
buongiorno  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Per Favore  

Sorry
désolé  
scusate  

Bye
au revoir  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
African French  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
français  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Français  
Italiano  

French Name
français  
italien  

German Name
Französisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Italians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Italian  

Language Position
13  
12
27  
23

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
ita  

ISO 639 3
fra  
ita  

ISO 639 6
fras  
itas  

Glottocode
stan1290  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All French and Italian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Italian dialects. Various dialects of French and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Italian Speaking population

French and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Italian on French vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Italian Language Codes

French and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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