Italian
it · italiano
Italian (it) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 70.5M speakers. It is an official language in Italy, San Marino, and Switzerland. CLDR has 5 locales for it.
Native nameitaliano
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers70.5Mestimated
Countries15
Locales5
Plural forms3one, many, other
Overview
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Official | 95% |
| 🇸🇲 San Marino | Official | 89% |
| 🇻🇦 Vatican City | De facto official | 82% |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | 56% | |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Official | 15% |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 9% | |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 7% | |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1.9% | |
| 🇫🇷 France | 1.7% | |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | Official (regional) | 1.6% |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.5% | |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 0.34% | |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.28% | |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.2% | |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 0.19% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| many | 1000000 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |