List of Languages of Italy

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Italy currently has one national language: Standard Italian. Many of the regional varieties of Italian spoken around the country are different enough from Standard Italian to be considered separate languages by most linguists and some speakers themselves, even though they are generally not standardized. Thus a distinction can be made between "dialects of (Standard) Italian" and "dialects and languages of Italy".

Other languages spoken in Italy are not closely related to Standard Italian. Moreover since the Second World War the Italian language, once spoken by a minority, has undergone a process of homogenisation. On the one hand the mass media, especially television, has rendered the Italian language accessible for the most Italians, on the other hand the same phenomenon has brought about a simplification and banalisation of the language.

Contents 1 Languages spoken in Italy 1.1 Romance languages 1.1.1 Gallo-Rhaetian 1.1.2 Ibero-Romance 1.1.3 Gallo-Italian 1.1.4 Rhaetian or Rhaeto-Romance 1.1.5 Italo-Dalmatian 1.1.6 Italkian 1.1.7 Sicilian 1.1.8 Sardinian 1.2 Germanic languages 1.3 Albanian languages 1.4 Greek Languages 1.5 Slavic languages 1.6 Indo-Aryan languages 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Languages spoken in Italy

[edit] Romance languages

[edit] Gallo-Rhaetian

• French
• Franco-Provençal
  • Valdôtain (Valdoten)
  • Faeto

[edit] Ibero-Romance

• Provençal language-Occitan language
• Alguerese Catalan

[edit] Gallo-Italian

• Piedmontese
• Lombard
  • Insubre
  • Orobico
• Ligurian
• Emiliano-Romagnolo
• Venetian

[edit] Rhaetian or Rhaeto-Romance

• Friulian
• Dolomites Ladin

[edit] Italo-Dalmatian

• Tuscan (the base of modern Standard Italian)
• Corsican
  • Sassarese (considered by some authors as a variety of Sardinian)
  • Gallurese (considered by some authors as a variety of Sardinian)
• Italiano centrale (Central Italian)
  • Umbrian
  • Marchigiano
  • Romanesco
  • Laziale
• Inner Southern Italian
  • Neapolitan
  • Abruzzese
  • Molisano
  • Pugliese
• Calabrian and Outer Southern Italian
  • Calabrian languages

[edit] Italkian

• Judeo-Italian or Italkian (Jewish language form, term coined in the mid-20th C. Spoken by the small minority of Jews in Italy.)

[edit] Sicilian

• Siciliano
• Calabrese
• Salentino

[edit] Sardinian

• Sardo campidanese
• Sardo logudorese
• Sassarese (considered by some authors as a variety of Corsican)
• Gallurese (considered by some authors as a variety of Corsican)

[edit] Germanic languages

• Standard German
  • Cimbrian
  • Walser German
  • Bavarian

[edit] Albanian languages

• Arbëresh language

[edit] Greek Languages

• Griko

[edit] Slavic languages

• Molise Croat dialect
• Slovenian

[edit] Indo-Aryan languages

• Rom
• Sinti

[edit] See also

• Demographics of Italy
• Italian dialects
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
• Regional language

[edit] External links

• An interactive map of languages and dialects in Italy
• Ethnologue - Languages of Italy