Italy Langauge

Italian is the official language of Italy. About 93% of the population in Italy are native Italian speakers and about 50% percent of the population speak a regional dialect as their second language. Friulian is one of the dialects spoken by 600,00 locals in the northeast of Italy, a figure of 1% of the total population of the country. Other less spoken languages are Ladin, Slovene, German and French. Albanian, Croatian and Greek are spoken by 0.2% of the population, mostly in teh Southern part of Italy.

The Italian language is part of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The language is the closest resemblance to Latin of all major Romance languages. The reason being is because it is the direct offspring of the Latin spoken by Romans. In this modern day, one of the most enjoyable methods of learning Italian is over a meal or in a bar by chatting with native speakers. It helps to brush up individuals Italian skills also for ordering food and drink. A unique fact about their language is that it has to be accompanied by hand signs. It is a way to also expression their emotions while talking.