Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Czech Republic
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Per Favore
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Italiano
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
italien
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating