Italian Language

Romance language grown from Tuscan letters, official in four countries and the closest national tongue to Latin.

Specifications & Metrics

family

Indo-European (Romance)

Core Principles & Analysis

• Its standard grew from fourteenth-century Tuscan, canonized by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio.
• Official language of Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, and Vatican City.
• It is the closest national language to Latin in core vocabulary.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Italian language