Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Italiano
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
italien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available