Italian
RegionItaly/Switzerland
FamilyIndo-European (Romance)
Speakers67 million total
ScriptLatin
TypeAlphabetic
About Italian
The closest living language to Latin. Each region of Italy has its own distinct dialect, some considered separate languages. The language of opera, fashion, and cuisine. Dante Alighieri standardized literary Italian in the Divine Comedy.
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