Italian is one of the important languages. Italian countries are the countries where Italian is used for interaction between citizens and government officials. Italian countries are the countries where Italian is main language. In Italian countries, all the official documents are written in Italian language. In Italian speaking countries, various Italian Dialects are spoken. Each Italian dialect has it's own pronunciations and words, as a result of these differences, sometimes communication problems arise between speakers from different Italian speaking countries. Check out detailed information About Italian Language.
Italian speaking countries include both countries with Italian national language and Italian as a second language. Check if Italian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
The Italian countries mentioned under Italian Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Italian language.
Countries with Italian as minority language are also included in Italian speaking countries.
Along with Italian speaking countries check out Italian speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
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Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Italian language are Italian regulators. Italian is regulated by Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran). The regulatory bodies of Italian lie in Italian speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Italian:
The Italian language is derived from Latin and is closely related to French and Portuguese Languages.