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Countries
Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
7  
8
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Germany  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
North Dakota, United States of America  
Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Council for German Orthography  
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 large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Derived From
Latin  
Albanian Languages  
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7
How Many Consonants
16  
6
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
Greetings
Hello
ciao  
hallo  
Thank You
grazie  
Danke  
How Are You?
Come stai?  
Wie geht es dir?  
Good Night
buonanotte  
gute Nacht  
Good Evening
buonasera  
guten Abend  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
guten Tag  
Good Morning
buongiorno  
guten Morgen  
Please
Per Favore  
bitte  
Sorry
scusate  
Verzeihung  
Bye
arrivederci  
Tschüs  
I Love You
Ti amo  
Ich liebe dich  
Excuse Me
Scusami  
Entschuldigung  
Dialects
Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Swiss German  
Where They Speak
Lazio  
Switzerland  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
4,500,000.00  
18
Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Swabian German  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Germany  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
820,000.00  
26
Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Texas German  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Texas  
How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35
Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
28  
23
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
229.00 million  
8
Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
1.39 %  
12
Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
101.00 million  
10
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
128.00 million  
5
Native Name
Italiano  
Deutsch  
Alternative Names
Italiano  
Deutsch, Tedesco  
French Name
italien  
allemand  
German Name
Italienisch  
Deutsch  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Ethnicity
Italians  
Germans  
History
Origin
960 BC  
6th Century AD  
Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  
Subgroup
Romance  
Germanic  
Branch
Not Available  
Western  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  
Standard Forms
Italian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Language Position
27  
23
9  
9
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed German  
Scope
Individual  
Individual  
Code
ISO 639 1
it  
de  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita  
deu  
ISO 639 2/B
ita  
ger  
ISO 639 3
ita  
deu  
ISO 639 6
itas  
deus  
Glottocode
ital1282  
high1287, uppe1397  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living  
Living  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  
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Italian and German Language History

Comparison of Italian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and German language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and German Language History.

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Italian and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and German language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs German Difficulty

The Italian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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