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Italian vs Japanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

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

Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
99  
40
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
16  
6

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Lazio  

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

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Central Italian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Tuscan  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
日本語  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Italiano  

French Name
japonais  
italien  

German Name
Japanisch  
Italienisch  

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

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Italians  

History

Origin
1185  
960 BC  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Italian  

Language Position
8  
8
27  
23

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
ita  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Japanese and Italian Language History

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

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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.

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