Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Japan
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Hakata
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
kansai
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Italiano
Not Available
French Name
italien
japonais
German Name
Italienisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Italians
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Italian
Japanese
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
nucl1643
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Italian and Japanese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Italian and Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Japanese language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Japanese Difficulty
The Italian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Japanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Italian and Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.