Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
italien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
960 BC
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic