Countries
Japan
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Japan
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Europe
Minority Language
Palau
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Korean Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ciao
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
grazie
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Come stai?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
buonanotte
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
buongiorno
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Per Favore
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
scusate
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
arrivederci
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Scusami
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Lazio
Dialect 2
Hakata
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
kansai
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Italiano
French Name
japonais
italien
German Name
Japanisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Italians
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
nucl1643
ital1282
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Japanese and Italian 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 Japanese and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Italian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Italian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Italian 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 Japanese and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.