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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

746
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Spain

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

French and Portuguese Languages
French Language

Derived From

Latin
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2127
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1622
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
hola

Thank You

grazie
Gracias

How Are You?

Come stai?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

buonanotte
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

buonasera
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

buongiorno
Buenos Días

Please

Per Favore
Por Favor

Sorry

scusate
triste

Bye

arrivederci
adiós

I Love You

Ti amo
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Scusami
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Lazio
Mexico

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1521
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
Español

Alternative Names

Italiano
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

italien
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Italienisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Italians
Spanish people

History

Origin

960 BC
210 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Romance
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Italian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

272
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
spa

ISO 639 2/B

ita
spa

ISO 639 3

ita
spa

ISO 639 6

itas
spa

Glottocode

ital1282
stan1288

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Italian and Spanish Alphabets

Italian and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Spanish. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Italian and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Spanish Speaking population

Italian and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Italian vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Spanish Language Codes

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