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
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
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
au revoir
arrivederci
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Scusami
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Romanesco
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Lazio
Dialect 2
African French
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Africa
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
Italiano
Alternative Names
Français
Italiano
French Name
français
italien
German Name
Französisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Italians
Origin
9th Century
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Italian
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
ital1282
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.