List of countries by Italian-speaking population

Italian language is spoken in many countries of the world. Ethnologue, 2025 https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/ lists 66 million first and second language speakers. Like Portuguese, Spanish and French it originated in the Western Europe and belongs to the Romance languages classification. Although Rome is the capital of Italy, standard Italian is mainly heard in Milan and the North.

Spoken by the countries
In some areas in Western countries the language is also spoken across in New England (U.S.), Saskatchewan (Canada), Costa Rica and Panama.

The Argentine Italian is one of the major dialects for native Argentines, along with the Spanish language.

Related pages
 English-speaking population
 German-speaking population
 French-speaking population
 Spanish-speaking population
 Portuguese-speaking population
 Italian Americans

References

Category:Lists of countries
Category:Italian language
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