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German and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
7   
8

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Germany   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
16   
6
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
hallo   

Thank You
grazie   
Danke   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
buonasera   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
guten Morgen   

Please
Per Favore   
bitte   

Sorry
scusate   
Verzeihung   

Bye
arrivederci   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Italiano   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
italien   
allemand   

German Name
Italienisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Germans   

History

Origin
960 BC   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
27   
23
9   
9

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
ger   

ISO 639 3
ita   
deu   

ISO 639 6
itas   
deus   

Glottocode
ital1282   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Italian and German Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Italian and German dialects. Various dialects of Italian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and German Speaking population

Italian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Italian and German on Italian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and German Language Codes

Italian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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