Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
India
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
scusate
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Ganjami
  
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
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
italien
  
oriya
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Odias
  
Origin
960 BC
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available