Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
italien
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Malayali
  
Origin
960 BC
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Malayalam
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic