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Slovene vs Italian


Italian vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
ciao   

Thank You
Hvala   
grazie   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
buongiorno   

Please
Prosim   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Oprostite   
scusate   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Resian   
Central Italian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Tuscan   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Not available   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Italiano   

French Name
slovène   
italien   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Italians   

History

Origin
972-1093   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
ita   

ISO 639 3
slv   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
slov1268   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Slovene and Italian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Italian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Italian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Italian Difficulty

The Slovene vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene 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 Slovene and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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