ITALIAN LANGUAGE STATISTICS

Statistics of the Italian language

• Its family is: Indo-European » Italic » Romance » Italian.


• Is the fifth most taught non-native language, after English, French, Spanish and German.


• Spoken by about 60-65 million people, primarily in Italy.


• Is regulated by “Accademia della Crusca”.


• Italian is ranked 19th on the “List of Languages by number of native speakers.” (in a near tie with Turkish and Urdu).


• Mostly spoken in Italy, but also in communities in Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia,  Croatia, Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Australia, Luxembourg and some places in Africa.


• It is not uncommon for Italian-speakers to also speak a dialect particular to the   region where they live.