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Italian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
7  
8

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

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
16  
6

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
hola  
ciao  

Thank You
Gracias  
grazie  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
buongiorno  

Please
Por Favor  
Per Favore  

Sorry
triste  
scusate  

Bye
adiós  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Central Italian  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Tuscan  

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

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
Español  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Italiano  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
italien  

German Name
Spanisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Italians  

History

Origin
210 BC  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Italian  

Language Position
2  
2
27  
23

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
ita  

ISO 639 3
spa  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
stan1288  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Spanish and Italian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Italian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Italian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Italian Difficulty

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

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