Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
italien
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available