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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
7
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
1.4 Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
1.5 Speaking Continents
Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
1.10 Derived From
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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3.3 Phonology
3.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
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3.4.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
German
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3.5 Scripts
Latin
3.6 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
3.7 Hard to Learn
3.7.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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3.10.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Cebuano
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4 Greetings
4.1 Hello
ciao
4.2 Thank You
grazie
4.3 How Are You?
Come stai?
4.4 Good Night
buonanotte
4.5 Good Evening
buonasera
4.6 Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
4.7 Good Morning
buongiorno
4.8 Please
Per Favore
4.9 Sorry
scusate
4.10 Bye
arrivederci
4.11 I Love You
Ti amo
4.12 Excuse Me
Scusami
5 Dialects
5.1 Dialect 1
Romanesco
5.1.1 Where They Speak
Lazio
5.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
3,000,000.00
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Macedonian
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7.2 Dialect 2
Central Italian
7.2.1 Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
7.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
5,000,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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7.3 Dialect 3
Tuscan
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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7.5 Total No. Of Dialects
English
15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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8 How Many People Speak
8.1 How Many People Speak?
English
78.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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9.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.90 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
Xhosa
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9.5 Native Speakers
Chinese
64.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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10.3.4 Second Language Speakers
English
14.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Finnish
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11.7.4 Native Name
Italiano
11.7.5 Alternative Names
Italiano
11.7.6 French Name
italien
11.7.7 German Name
Italienisch
11.8 Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
11.9 Ethnicity
Italians
12 History
12.1 Origin
960 BC
12.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
12.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
12.2.2 Branch
Not Available
12.3 Language Forms
12.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
12.3.2 Standard Forms
Italian
12.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
27
Rank: 23 (Overall)
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12.3.4 Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
12.4 Scope
Individual
13 Code
13.1 ISO 639 1
it
13.2 ISO 639 2
13.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
ita
13.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
ita
13.3 ISO 639 3
ita
13.4 ISO 639 6
itas
13.5 Glottocode
ital1282
13.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
13.7 Types of Language
13.7.1 Language Type
Living
13.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
13.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic

Origin of Italian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Italian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Italian language states that it was put to use in 960 BC. The history of Italian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Italian Language History. Italian has no early forms. Italian is the standard form of Italian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Italian Language.

Italian population

Italian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Italian language. Italian language is spoken by 78.00 million people in the world. Most of the Italian population lies in the Italian Speaking Countries. Italian language is spoken as first language by 64.00 million people and as second language by about 14.00 million people. Get to know Italian speaking population in detail.

Italian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Italian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Italian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Italian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Italian language

Check out all the information about Italian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Italian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Italian Speaking Countries, Italian speaking continents and Italian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Italian countries knowing common Italian Greetings will help you in communicating with Italian people.