Italian language

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The Italian language is a Romance language spoken primarily in Italy and parts of Switzerland, known for its Latin roots, melodic sound, and central role in art, music, and culinary culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Italian 84
Italian language canonical 67
Standard Italian 30

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language
national language
standardized language
ancestor Vulgar Latin
branch Romance languages
closelyRelatedTo French language
linked to: French

Portuguese language
Romanian language
Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
coOfficialLanguageIn Switzerland
developedFrom Tuscan literary tradition
family Indo-European languages
hasDialects Emilian-Romagnol
Friulian
Ligurian
Lombard
linked to: Lombardy

Neapolitan
linked to: Naples

Piedmontese
Sardinian
Sicilian
Venetian
hasFeature grammatical gender
melodic prosody
phonemic vowel length absence
rich verb conjugation
ISO639-1Code it
ISO639-2Code ita
ISO639-3Code ita
notableAuthorLanguageOf Dante Alighieri
Francesco Petrarca
Giovanni Boccaccio
officialLanguageOf Italy
San Marino
Switzerland
Vatican City
officialStatusIn European Union
primaryCountry Italy
regulatoryBody Accademia della Crusca
spokenBy over 60 million people in Italy
tens of millions of native speakers
spokenIn Albania
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Croatia
Eritrea
France
Germany
Libya
Malta
Monaco
San Marino
Slovenia
Somalia
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Vatican City
standardBasedOn Florentine dialect
Tuscan dialect
subfamily Italic languages
usedAs lingua franca in parts of the Mediterranean
usedIn art history terminology
classical music terminology
culinary terminology
opera
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Europe hasMajorLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Romanian language closelyRelatedTo Italian language
Romanian language hasLoanwordsFrom Italian language
Albanian language hasLoanwordSource Italian
linked to: Italian language
Brooklyn hasSignificantLanguages Italian
linked to: Italian language
Judeo-Italian influencedBy Italian
linked to: Italian language
European Economic Community officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Sicily officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Giuseppe Mercalli languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Italian
linked to: Italian language
Vatican City officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Istro-Romanian hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Italian
linked to: Italian language
Niçard Occitan hasInfluenceFrom Italian language
Occitan sharesFeatureWith Italian language
Sardinia officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Vincent hasUsage Italian language
San Marino officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Friuli Venezia Giulia hasOfficialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Brazilian Portuguese hasInfluenceFrom Italian language
Guido hasOriginInLanguage Italian language
Piedmontese hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Italian
linked to: Italian language
Egyptian Arabic influencedBy Italian language
Dalmatian language closelyRelatedTo Italian language
Priscilla hasLanguageOfUse Italian language
Corsican language closelyRelatedTo Italian language
Corsican language lexicallyInfluencedBy Italian language
Sardinians speakAlso Italian language
Tuscans language Italian language
Sylvia hasLanguageOfUse Italian language
Triestine Venetian dialect isDistinctFrom Standard Italian
linked to: Italian language
Emilian-Romagnol hasDistinctFrom Italian language
Brida hasTranslation Italian
linked to: Italian language
Alghero officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Maximilian hasLanguageOfUse Italian language
Amharic hasLoanwordsFrom Italian
linked to: Italian language
Judeo-Roman basedOn Italian language
Cypriot Greek influencedBy Italian language
Pitigliano officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Apulia officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Sandro Pertini languageSpoken Italian
linked to: Italian language
Italian East Africa officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Istria hasLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Istria hasMinorityLanguage Italian language
Nissart hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Italian
linked to: Italian language
In Other Words mainSubject Italian language
Latina officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Thomas hasLanguageOfUse Italian
linked to: Italian language
Molise officialLanguage Italian
linked to: Italian language
Lombard distinctFrom Standard Italian
linked to: Italian language