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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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