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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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French and Italian Language History

Comparison of French vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Italian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Italian Language History.

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

French vs Italian Difficulty

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

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