Italian language
Italian (italiano, pronounced [itaˈljaːno] , or lingua italiana, pronounced [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire and, together with Sardinian, is considered one of the most conservative Romance languages in terms of phonology, lexicon, and morphology. Current estimates indicate that between 68 and 85 million people speak Italian, including approximately 64 million native speakers as of 2024.
Extends: [Italian language](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Italian language), [Fusional languages](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Fusional languages), [Languages attested from the 10th century](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Languages attested from the 10th century), [Languages of Italy](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Languages of Italy), [Languages of Monaco](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Languages of Monaco)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Italian |
| Nativename | Text | italiano, lingua italiana |
| Ethnicity | Text | Italians |
| States | Text | Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Switzerland, Slovenia, Slovene Istria, Croatia, Istria |
| Speakers | Text | L1 |
| Date | Text | 2022 |
| Ref | Text | e25 |
| Speakers2 | Text | L2 |
| [Speakers Label](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Speakers Label) | Text | Speakers |
| Familycolor | Text | Indo-European |
| Fam2 | Text | Italic |
| Fam3 | Text | Latino-Faliscan |
| Fam4 | Text | Latin |
| Fam5 | Text | Romance |
| Fam6 | Text | Italo-Western |
| Fam7 | Text | Italo-Dalmatian |
| Fam8 | Text | Italo-Romance |
| Ancestor | Text | Old Latin |
| Ancestor2 | Text | Vulgar Latin |
| Ancestor3 | Text | Tuscan |
| Ancestor4 | Text | Florentine |
| Dia1 | Text | Maltese Italian |
| Dia2 | Text | Swiss Italian |
| Dia3 | Text | regional Italian |
| Script | Text | Latin script, Italian alphabet, Italian Braille |
| Nation | Text | 4 countries Italy San Marino Switzerland Vatican City 2 regions Slovene Istria (Slovenia) Istria County (Croatia) Various organisations and orders Sovereign Military Order of Malta Europe... |
| Minority | Text | 5 countries Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil (6 municipalities) Croatia Romania Slovenia |
| Agency | Text | Accademia della Crusca (de facto) |
| Iso1 | Text | it |
| Iso2 | Text | ita |
| Iso3 | Text | ita |
| Lingua | Text | 51-AAA-q |
| Map | Text | Map Italophone World - updated.png |
| Mapcaption | Text | Geographical distribution of the Italian language in the world: {{legend|#1E90FF|Areas where it is the majority language}} {{legend|#87CEEB|Areas where it is a minority language or where it was a f... |
| Notice | Text | IPA |
| Sign | Text | Italiano segnato "(Signed Italian)" italiano segnato esatto "(Signed Exact Italian)" |
| Glotto | Text | ital1282 |
| Glottorefname | Text | Italian |