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Italian and Slovene


Slovene and Italian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Halo  

Thank You
grazie  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Per Favore  
Prosim  

Sorry
scusate  
Oprostite  

Bye
arrivederci  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
48  
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
italien  
slovène  

German Name
Italienisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
960 BC  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Slovene  

Language Position
27  
25
28  
26

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Slovene Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 3
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 6
itas  
slv  

Glottocode
ital1282  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Italian and Slovene Speaking population

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

Italian and Slovene Language Codes

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

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