Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
italien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
buls
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available