Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
italien
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
960 BC
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic