Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
380.00 million
  
5
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
Italiano
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
italien
  
hindi
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Hindi
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
hins
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic