Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
76
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Latin
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2131
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
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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Hello
ciao
alo
Thank You
grazie
multumesc
How Are You?
Come stai?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
buonanotte
noapte Buna
Good Evening
buonasera
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
buna Ziua
Good Morning
buongiorno
bună Dimineața
Please
Per Favore
Vă Rog
Sorry
scusate
scuze
Bye
arrivederci
La revedere
I Love You
Ti amo
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Scusami
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Lazio
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Croatia
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1510
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
Română
Alternative Names
Italiano
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
italien
roumain; moldave
German Name
Italienisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Italians
Romanians
Origin
960 BC
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Italian
Romanian
Language Position
2736
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
ron
ISO 639 2/B
ita
rum
ISO 639 3
ita
ron
ISO 639 6
itas
ron
Glottocode
ital1282
roma1327
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic