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.

Lombard → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Alexis → hasLanguageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Latin → hasPronunciationInfluencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Vivaro-Alpine → neighboringLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Giuseppe Peano → hasNationality → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Tarquinia → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Trentino dialect → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Trentino dialect → contrastWith → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Guastalla → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Friulian → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Faetar → contactWith → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Faetar → hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Faetar → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Davila → languageOfOrigin → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Turinese Piedmontese → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
Cuneese Piedmontese → usedAlongside → Italian language ⓘ
Piemontèis → hasInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
Vocabolario degli Accademici della Crusca → subject → Italian language ⓘ
Castellanatese → language → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Tuscan dialect → partOf → Italian language ⓘ
Tuscan dialect → basisOf → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Sardinian Sassarese dialect → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
Italo-Dalmatian language → hasPart → Italian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Cremona → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Rhaeto-Romance languages → hasContactInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Vallader → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Fascian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Fodom → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Vercellese Piedmontese → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Novarese Piedmontese → hasInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Sursilvan → lexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Urbino → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Valdôtain → coexistsWith → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Venetian language → closelyRelatedTo → Italian language ⓘ
Venetian language → notDialectOf → Italian language ⓘ
Simone → languageOfUse → Italian language ⓘ
Guidonia Montecelio → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Piombino → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Piero Angela → nativeLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
Litta family → language → Italian language ⓘ
Montreal region → hasSignificantLanguageCommunity → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Cismuntincu → closelyRelatedTo → Italian language ⓘ
Ogliastra → officialLanguage → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian
Gebbia → hasEtymologicalOrigin → Italian language ⓘ
Emilian → differentFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Emilian → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Reggiano → distinctFrom → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Reggiano → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Ferrarese → influencedBy → Italian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Italian
Emiliano-Romagnol language → differentFrom → Italian language ⓘ