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Japanese vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Japan  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Palau  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
grazie  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Per Favore  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
scusate  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
arrivederci  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
21
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
22
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
20
Not Available  

Native Name
Italiano  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Not Available  

French Name
italien  
japonais  

German Name
Italienisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Japanese  

Language Position
27  
23
8  
8

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
ita  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
itas  
Not Available  

Glottocode
ital1282  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Italian and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Japanese language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Italian vs Japanese Difficulty

The Italian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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