Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
72
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Finnish
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
Tere
Thank You
grazie
aitäh
How Are You?
Come stai?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
buonanotte
Head ööd
Good Evening
buonasera
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Tere päevast
Good Morning
buongiorno
Tere hommikust
Please
Per Favore
Palun
Sorry
scusate
Vabandust
Bye
arrivederci
Head aega
I Love You
Ti amo
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Scusami
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Lazio
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
158
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.03 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million0.95 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Italiano
Eesti keel
French Name
italien
estonien
German Name
Italienisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Italians
Estonians
Origin
960 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Estonian
Language Position
2722
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
it
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
est
ISO 639 2/B
ita
est
ISO 639 3
ita
est
ISO 639 6
itas
est
Glottocode
ital1282
esto1258
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative