Italian language
"Italiano" redirects here. For other uses, see Italiano (disambiguation). This article is about the standardized Italian language. For other Italian languages originating or spoken in Italy, see Languages of Italy. Italian Italiano, Lingua italiana Pronunciation [itaˈljaːno] Native to Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Istria County and Dalmatia (Croatia), Slovene Istria (Slovenia), Corsica and Nice (France), Corfù (Greece) and Kotor (Montenegro) Region Italy, Ticino and southern Graubünden, Slovene Littoral and western Istria Native speakers 69 million native speakers in the EU [1] (c.2012) [2] 90 million total speakers L2 speakers: 24 million Language family Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Western Italo-Dalmatian Italian Writing system Latin (Italian alphabet) Italian Braille Signed forms Italiano segnato "(Signed Italian)" [3] italiano segnato esatto "(Signed Exact Italian)" [4] Official status Official language in Italy San Marino...