What is in Italian?

Italian, a Romance language, is the official language of Italy and one of the official languages of Switzerland, San Marino, and Vatican City. It is historically, culturally, and geographically related to several closely related languages such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Catalan, and more distantly to other Romance and Italic languages. It is also spoken by significant minorities in Slovenia and Croatia, as well as in other countries around the world.

Italian is the language with the most native speakers within the Romance languages group. It is also one of the most spoken languages in the European Union, with about 65 million native speakers, and the fourth-most studied language worldwide, being the preferred foreign language in countries such as Albania, Ethiopia, and Somalia, and being in the top 5 in Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, and the United States.

Italian has been a major language in literature, music, art, and fashion for centuries, producing many famous writers, artists, and musicians such as Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Verdi, Puccini, and Versace, among many others.

Italian is a rich language with a complex grammar, but also with a relatively simple pronunciation, making it relatively easy to learn for speakers of other Romance languages. It is a beautiful language, and its study is definitely rewarding.