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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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