Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
grazie
Thank you
How Are You?
Come stai?
How are you?
Good Night
buonanotte
Good Night
Good Evening
buonasera
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
buongiorno
Good Morning
I Love You
Ti amo
I love you
Excuse Me
Scusami
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Romanesco
American English
Where They Speak
Lazio
United States of America
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
English
Alternative Names
Italiano
Not Available
French Name
italien
anglais
German Name
Italienisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Italians
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Origin
960 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard English
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
ital1282
stan1293
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Italian and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and English language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs English Difficulty
The Italian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.