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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
French-Alphabets.jpg#200   
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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