Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Germany
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Come stai?
Good Night
gute Nacht
buonanotte
Good Evening
guten Abend
buonasera
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
guten Morgen
buongiorno
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Scusami
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Lazio
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Germany
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dialect 3
Texas German
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Texas
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Italiano
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Italiano
French Name
allemand
italien
German Name
Deutsch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Germans
Italians
Origin
6th Century AD
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed German
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
ital1282
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
German and Italian Speaking population
German and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Italian on German vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Italian Language Codes
German and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.