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Italian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
7  
8

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

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ciao  

Thank You
Danke  
grazie  

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  

Please
bitte  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
scusate  

Bye
Tschüs  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Central Italian  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Deutsch  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Italiano  

French Name
allemand  
italien  

German Name
Deutsch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Italians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Romance  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Italian  

Language Position
9  
9
27  
23

Signed Forms
Signed German  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
ita  

ISO 639 3
deu  
ita  

ISO 639 6
deus  
itas  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All German 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 German and Italian dialects. Various dialects of German and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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