Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
France
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Per Favore
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
scusate
  
désolé
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
Italiano
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Français
  
French Name
italien
  
français
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
fras
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic