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Italian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Halo  

Thank You
grazie  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Per Favore  
Prosim  

Sorry
scusate  
Oprostite  

Bye
arrivederci  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Resian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
48  
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
2.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
Slovenščina  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Slovenian, Slovenscina  

French Name
italien  
slovène  

German Name
Italienisch  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
960 BC  
972-1093  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Slovene  

Language Position
27  
25
28  
26

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Slovene Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 3
ita  
slv  

ISO 639 6
itas  
slv  

Glottocode
ital1282  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Italian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Slovene language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Slovene Language History.

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Italian and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Slovene language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Slovene Difficulty

The Italian vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.

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