Countries
Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
7
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
16
Rank: 6 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
ciao
Thank You
grazie
How Are You?
Come stai?
Good Night
buonanotte
Good Evening
buonasera
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
buongiorno
Please
Per Favore
Sorry
scusate
Bye
arrivederci
I Love You
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Scusami
Dialects
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Lazio
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
Rank: 47 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.90 %
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
64.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
Rank: 36 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Italiano
Alternative Names
Italiano
French Name
italien
German Name
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Italians
History
Origin
960 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Language Position
27
Rank: 25 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
ISO 639 2/B
ita
ISO 639 3
ita
ISO 639 6
itas
Glottocode
ital1282
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic