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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
South Africa

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
Dutch Language

Derived From

Latin
Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2132
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

515
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1617
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
hallo

Thank You

grazie
Dankie

How Are You?

Come stai?
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

buonanotte
goeie nag

Good Evening

buonasera
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Goeie middag

Good Morning

buongiorno
goeie more

Please

Per Favore
asseblief

Sorry

scusate
jammer

Bye

arrivederci
Totsiens

I Love You

Ti amo
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

Scusami
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Lazio
-

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Namibia

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

153
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Italiano
Cape Dutch

French Name

italien
afrikaans

German Name

Italienisch
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Italians
Afrikaners

History

Origin

960 BC
17th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Italian
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2723
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
afr

ISO 639 2/B

ita
afr

ISO 639 3

ita
afr

ISO 639 6

itas
afrs

Glottocode

ital1282
afri1274

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic

Italian and Afrikaans Alphabets

Italian and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Afrikaans. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Italian and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Afrikaans languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Italian and Afrikaans 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 Italian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Italian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Italian are spoken in different Italian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Italian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Italian dialects include: Romanesco, Central Italian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Italian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Italian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Italian and Afrikaans on Italian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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