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Also known as Italian language, Italiana

Romance language

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Italian is a natural and modern language belonging to the Italo-Romance subclass. It is a subject–verb–object, syllabic, and pro-drop language. The language utilizes the Italian alphabet for writing and possesses grammatical gender, distinguishing between masculine and feminine forms. It also features grammatical case, specifically the nominative case, and employs various moods including indicative, conditional, subjunctive, and imperative. Tenses in Italian include the imperfect, present tense, present perfect, and preterite.

The language is native to Italy, the Canton of the Grisons, the Canton of Ticino, and Istria County. It is also spoken in Croatia, San Marino, and Slovenia. The regulatory body for Italian is the Accademia della Crusca. The language is studied through Italian studies and has a native label of italiano. Approximately 64,819,790 people speak, write, or sign Italian. It is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Encyclopedic overview

Italian (italiano, pronounced [itaˈljaːno] , or lingua italiana, pronounced [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It is a standardised form of literary Florentine Tuscan and, together with Sardinian, is the least differentiated language from Latin. Current estimates indicate that between 68 and 85 million people speak Italian, including approximately 64 million native speakers as of 2024.

Italian is an official language in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland (Ticino and part of the Grisons), and Vatican City, and it has official minority status in Croatia, Slovenia (Istria), Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in 6 municipalities of Brazil. It is also spoken in other European and non-EU countries, most notably in Malta (by 66% of the population), Albania (upwards of 70%), and Monaco, as well as by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas, Australia, and on other continents.

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