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Slovene vs Italian


Italian vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

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

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

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
ciao  

Thank You
Hvala  
grazie  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
buongiorno  

Please
Prosim  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Oprostite  
scusate  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Lazio  

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

Dialect 2
Resian  
Central Italian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Tuscan  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
Slovenščina  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Italiano  

French Name
slovène  
italien  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Italienisch  

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

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Italians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
960 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Italian  

Language Position
28  
26
27  
25

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
ita  

ISO 639 3
slv  
ita  

ISO 639 6
slv  
itas  

Glottocode
slov1268  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Slovene and Italian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Italian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Slovene and Italian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Italian Difficulty

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

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