If you want to learn and speak Italian, know that the best and fastest method is to attend a course in the country where this language is spoken. In the case of Italian, Florence is the best place because the Italian language was born here, and it is here that the best Italian is still spoken. (more…)
According to a recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian is the fourth most studied language in the world after English, Spanish, and French.
Rationally, the news may surprise people if we consider the most relevant diffusion of other languages spoken in the world such as Chinese, Russian or Arabic, and their greater importance in the political-economic landscape worldwide. Let’s then analyze the reasons for such success. (more…)
The official Italian language
Italian is the official language spoken in Italy, in some neighboring countries (Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City), and it’s one of the official languages in the European Union. (more…)
Italian language and Italian grammar
The Italian language, like any other language, has its own characteristics and difficulties.
The Italian grammar, compared to other languages, has a medium difficulty, while the pronunciation is less complicated. Most vowels and consonants always have the same pronunciation. (more…)
The origins of the Italian language
Between 3000 BC and 1000 BC, populations of Indo-European origin arrived from Central and Eastern Europe. They mingled with the Mediterranean people, including those who lived in the Italian peninsula (Etruscans, Ligurians, Sardinians, etc.). Some of them settled in Lazio and founded Rome.
Latin and the birth of neo-Latin languages
People of that population were called Latins and mixing the Mediterranean and Indo-European words gave rise to Latin. When the ancient Romans conquered the territories of the peninsula, their language mingled with the pre-existing languages. Latin also influenced other languages spoken by European populations giving rise to new neo-Latin languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Romanian). (more…)