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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

732
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
France

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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

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

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
Italian Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
bonjour

Thank You

grazie
Merci

How Are You?

Come stai?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

buonanotte
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

buonasera
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

buongiorno
Bonjour

Please

Per Favore
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

scusate
désolé

Bye

arrivederci
au revoir

I Love You

Ti amo
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Scusami
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Quebec French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
African French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Swiss French

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1525
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
français

Alternative Names

Italiano
Français

French Name

italien
français

German Name

Italienisch
Französisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Italians
French people

History

Origin

960 BC
9th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Italian
Standard French

Language Position

2713
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
fra

ISO 639 2/B

ita
fre

ISO 639 3

ita
fra

ISO 639 6

itas
fras

Glottocode

ital1282
stan1290

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Italian and French Alphabets

Italian and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and French. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Italian and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and French Speaking population

Italian and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and French languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Italian vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and French Language Codes

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