Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Olá
  
Thank You
grazie
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
scusate
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
231.00 million
  
7
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Italiano
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Português
  
French Name
italien
  
portugais
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
960 BC
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available