Italian language

E3588
Romance language national language standardized language

The Italian language is a Romance language spoken primarily in Italy and parts of Switzerland, known for its Latin roots, melodic sound, and central role in art, music, and culinary culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Italian 84
Italian language canonical 67
Standard Italian 30

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language ⓘ
national language ⓘ
standardized language ⓘ
ancestor Vulgar Latin ⓘ
branch Romance languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Portuguese language ⓘ
Romanian language ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Spanish language
coOfficialLanguageIn Switzerland ⓘ
developedFrom Tuscan literary tradition ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasDialects Emilian-Romagnol ⓘ
Friulian ⓘ
Ligurian ⓘ
Lombardy ⓘ
surface form: Lombard

Naples ⓘ
surface form: Neapolitan

Piedmontese ⓘ
Sardinian ⓘ
Sicilian ⓘ
Venetian ⓘ
hasFeature grammatical gender ⓘ
melodic prosody ⓘ
phonemic vowel length absence ⓘ
rich verb conjugation ⓘ
ISO639-1Code it ⓘ
ISO639-2Code ita ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ita ⓘ
notableAuthorLanguageOf Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Italy ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
officialStatusIn European Union ⓘ
primaryCountry Italy ⓘ
regulatoryBody Accademia della Crusca ⓘ
spokenBy over 60 million people in Italy ⓘ
tens of millions of native speakers ⓘ
spokenIn Albania ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
Monaco ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Vatican City ⓘ
standardBasedOn Florentine dialect ⓘ
Tuscan dialect ⓘ
subfamily Italic languages ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in parts of the Mediterranean ⓘ
usedIn art history terminology ⓘ
classical music terminology ⓘ
culinary terminology ⓘ
opera ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (181)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-European language family → includesLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
Europe → hasMajorLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Romanian language → closelyRelatedTo → Italian language ⓘ
Romanian language → hasLoanwordsFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Albanian language → hasLoanwordSource → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Brooklyn → hasSignificantLanguages → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Judeo-Italian → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
European Economic Community → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Sicily → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Giuseppe Mercalli → languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Vatican City → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Istro-Romanian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Niçard Occitan → hasInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Occitan → sharesFeatureWith → Italian language ⓘ
Sardinia → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Vincent → hasUsage → Italian language ⓘ
San Marino → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Friuli Venezia Giulia → hasOfficialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Brazilian Portuguese → hasInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Guido → hasOriginInLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
Piedmontese → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Egyptian Arabic → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
Dalmatian language → closelyRelatedTo → Italian language ⓘ
Priscilla → hasLanguageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
Corsican language → closelyRelatedTo → Italian language ⓘ
Corsican language → lexicallyInfluencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
Sardinians → speakAlso → Italian language ⓘ
Tuscans → language → Italian language ⓘ
Sylvia → hasLanguageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
Triestine Venetian dialect → hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Triestine Venetian dialect → isDistinctFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Emilian-Romagnol → hasDistinctFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Brida → hasTranslation → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Alghero → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Maximilian → hasLanguageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
Amharic → hasLoanwordsFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Judeo-Roman → basedOn → Italian language ⓘ
Cypriot Greek → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
Pitigliano → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Apulia → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Sandro Pertini → languageSpoken → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Italian East Africa → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Istria → hasLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Istria → hasMinorityLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
Nissart → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
In Other Words → mainSubject → Italian language ⓘ
Latina → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Thomas → hasLanguageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Molise → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Lombard → distinctFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian