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Filipino vs Italian


Italian vs Filipino


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

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

Second Language
Philippines  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
ciao  

Thank You
Salamat  
grazie  

How Are You?
Kumusta  
Come stai?  

Good Night
magandang gabi  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
buongiorno  

Please
Mangyaring  
Per Favore  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
scusate  

Bye
Paalam  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Mahal kita  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Central Italian  

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

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Waray  
Tuscan  

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

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
filipino  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Italiano  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
italien  

German Name
Pilipino  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Filipino people  
Italians  

History

Origin
16th Century  
960 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Italian  

Language Position
34  
32
27  
25

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
ita  

ISO 639 3
fil  
ita  

ISO 639 6
fil  
itas  

Glottocode
fili1244  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Filipino and Italian Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Italian language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Filipino and Italian Language History.

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

Filipino vs Italian Difficulty

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

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