What is the Italian in English?

Italian (italiano or lingua italiana [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language that evolved from Latin in the Italian peninsula and surrounding areas, and is closely related to the Romance languages of French and Spanish, and, more distantly, Romanian. It is the fifth-most widely spoken Romance language in the world by native speakers, and the twenty-first most widely spoken language overall, spoken by an estimated 63 million people globally