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Spanish and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
46  
1

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Spain  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
hola  

Thank You
grazie  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Buenos Días  

Please
Per Favore  
Por Favor  

Sorry
scusate  
triste  

Bye
arrivederci  
adiós  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Italiano  
Español  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
italien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Italienisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
960 BC  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
27  
23
2  
2

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
spa  

ISO 639 3
ita  
spa  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Italian and Spanish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Italian and Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Italian and Spanish Speaking population

Italian and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Italian and Spanish on Italian vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Spanish Language Codes

Italian and Spanish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Spanish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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