×

French
French

Italian
Italian



ADD
Compare
X
French
X
Italian

French and Italian

Add ⊕

Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

327
0 46
👆🏻

National Language

France
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Europe

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
👆🏻

Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
👆🏻

How Many Consonants

2016
9 60
👆🏻

Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
👆🏻

Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
👆🏻

Greetings

Hello

bonjour
ciao

Thank You

Merci
grazie

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Come stai?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
buonanotte

Good Evening

bonsoir
buonasera

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Bonjour
buongiorno

Please

S'il vous plaît
Per Favore

Sorry

désolé
scusate

Bye

au revoir
arrivederci

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Romanesco

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Lazio

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
👆🏻

Dialect 2

African French
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Africa
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
👆🏻

Dialect 3

Swiss French
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
👆🏻

Total No. Of Dialects

2515
0 188
👆🏻

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
👆🏻

Speaking Population

1.12 %0.90 %
0 89
👆🏻

Native Speakers

76.00 million64.00 million
0 873
👆🏻

Second Language Speakers

87.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
👆🏻

Native Name

français
Italiano

Alternative Names

Français
Italiano

French Name

français
italien

German Name

Französisch
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

French people
Italians

History

Origin

9th Century
960 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Italian

Language Position

1327
1 120
👆🏻

Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
ita

ISO 639 2/B

fre
ita

ISO 639 3

fra
ita

ISO 639 6

fras
itas

Glottocode

stan1290
ital1282

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
51-AAA-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

French and Italian Alphabets

French and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Italian. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn French and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Italian languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

All French and Italian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all French and Italian dialects. Various dialects of French and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

French and Italian Speaking population

French and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of French and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak French and Italian on French vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Italian Language Codes

French and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. French and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.