Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
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
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
italien
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available