Italian

Summary

Italian is a natural language^[1]. Italian ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,288 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Italian is in the country of Croatia^[3].
• Italian is in the country of Italy^[4].
• Italian is in the country of San Marino^[5].
• Italian is in the country of Slovenia^[6].
• Italian is in the country of Switzerland^[7].
• Italian is in the country of Vatican City^[8].
• Italian's instance of is recorded as natural language^[9].
• Italian's instance of is recorded as modern language^[10].
• Italian is a type of Italo-Romance^[11].
• Italian is a type of Southern European language^[12].
• Italian's writing system is recorded as Italian alphabet^[13].
• Italian's writing system is recorded as Italian Braille^[14].
• Italian's Commons category is recorded as Italian language^[15].
• Italian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as it^[16].
• Italian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43, 'lon': 13}^[17].
• Italian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Italian language^[18].
• Italian's language regulatory body is recorded as Accademia della Crusca^[19].
• Italian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+64800000'}^[20].
• Italian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+64819790'}^[21].
• Italian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+3026000'}^[22].
• Italian's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Italian^[23].
• Italian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Italian's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Italian's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Italian's topic has template is recorded as Q14468092^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[9] and modern language^[10]. Recorded subclass of include Italo-Romance^[11] and Southern European language^[12].

Influence

Things named for Italian include Donna^[28], a lunar crater^[29].

Why It Matters

Italian ranks in the top 2% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,288 views/month).^[2] Italian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Italian is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Italian has been cited as an influence by English^[32], a natural language^[33], in American Samoa^[34].

Entities named for Italian include Donna^[28], a lunar crater^[29].

FAQs

Who did Italian influence?

Italian has been cited as an influence by English^[32].