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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland

Total No. Of Countries

77
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Germany

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
North Dakota, United States of America

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Council for German Orthography

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.
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages

Derived From

Latin
Albanian Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

510
0 32
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How Many Consonants

169
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 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ciao
hallo

Thank You

grazie
Danke

How Are You?

Come stai?
Wie geht es dir?

Good Night

buonanotte
gute Nacht

Good Evening

buonasera
guten Abend

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
guten Tag

Good Morning

buongiorno
guten Morgen

Please

Per Favore
bitte

Sorry

scusate
Verzeihung

Bye

arrivederci
Tschüs

I Love You

Ti amo
Ich liebe dich

Excuse Me

Scusami
Entschuldigung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Swiss German

Where They Speak

Lazio
Switzerland

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.004,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Swabian German

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.00820,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Texas German

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.006,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1528
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million229.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %1.39 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million101.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million128.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Deutsch

Alternative Names

Italiano
Deutsch, Tedesco

French Name

italien
allemand

German Name

Italienisch
Deutsch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]

Ethnicity

Italians
Germans

History

Origin

960 BC
6th Century AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Germanic

Branch

-
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Italian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German

Language Position

279
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed German

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
de

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
deu

ISO 639 2/B

ita
ger

ISO 639 3

ita
deu

ISO 639 6

itas
deus

Glottocode

ital1282
high1287, uppe1397

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
52-ACB–dl & -dm

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Italian and German Alphabets

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

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

Italian and German Speaking population

Italian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Italian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and German Language Codes

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