Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
scusate
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Italiano
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
italien
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Italian and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Filipino language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Filipino Difficulty
The Italian vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.