Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
Italiano
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
italien
  
kannada
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available