Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Spain
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages
French Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Come stai?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
buonanotte
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
buonasera
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
buongiorno
Buenos Días
Please
Per Favore
Por Favor
I Love You
Ti amo
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Scusami
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Lazio
Mexico
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Cuba
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Español
Alternative Names
Italiano
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
italien
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Italienisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Italians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Italian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
stan1288
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Italian and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Spanish language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Spanish Difficulty
The Italian vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.