1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
1.4 Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ciao
3.2 Thank You
grazie
3.3 How Are You?
Come stai?
3.4 Good Night
buonanotte
3.5 Good Evening
buonasera
3.6 Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
3.7 Good Morning
buongiorno
3.8 Please
Per Favore
3.9 Sorry
scusate
3.10 Bye
arrivederci
3.11 I Love You
Ti amo
3.12 Excuse Me
Scusami
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Romanesco
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Lazio
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Central Italian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Tuscan
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.90 %
Rank: 22 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
64.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Italiano
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Italiano
5.3.4 French Name
italien
5.3.5 German Name
Italienisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
5.5 Ethnicity
Italians
6 History
6.1 Origin
960 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Italian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
it
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ita
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ita
7.3 ISO 639 3
ita
7.4 ISO 639 6
itas
7.5 Glottocode
ital1282
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic