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Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European family, native to Italy and also spoken in San Marino, Vatican City, Switzerland and parts of Slovenia and Croatia (Istria).
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2022 native-speaker estimate from the article infobox; a further total estimate of about 85 million, without a stated year, is also given and is not used here as the identifying key. RegionItalian peninsula; also native to Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Switzerland, Slovenia (Istria), and Croatia (Istria) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Italian Language
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Italian (italiano ... or lingua italiana ...) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family.
1. Wikipedia: Italian Language
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Approximately 65 million (2022)
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Italian peninsula; also native to Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Switzerland, Slovenia (Istria), and Croatia (Istria)
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Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Latin > Romance > Italo-Western > Italo-Dalmatian > Italo-Romance > Tuscan > Northern Tuscan > Florentine > Italian
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