Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
God morgen
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Please
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
italien
  
danois
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional