Italian

Standard Italian is based on Tuscan dialects and is somewhere between the dialects of southern Italy and the Gallo-Roman dialects of the north. Beyond Italy, Italian is spoken in San Marino, some cantons of Switzerland, the Vatican State and some parts of Slovenia and Croatia. Italian words which have developed from Latin are often easier to recognize than French words with a Latin origin since unlike French, Italian has maintained final-syllable emphasis in many words.

Countries with Italian as official language

Italy
Switzerland

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Language code

it

Alphabet

Latin

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