Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
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 in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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
  
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
  
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
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
229.00 million
  
8
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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