Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Japan
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Palau
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2199
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1614
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
grazie
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Come stai?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
buonanotte
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
buonasera
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
buongiorno
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Per Favore
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
scusate
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
arrivederci
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Ti amo
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Scusami
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Lazio
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Kansai
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
kansai
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1531
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
日本語
Alternative Names
Italiano
Nihongo
French Name
italien
japonais
German Name
Italienisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Italians
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
960 BC
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Italian
Japanese
Language Position
278
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
ita
jpn
ISO 639 3
ita
jpn
ISO 639 6
itas
jpn
Glottocode
ital1282
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic