Swiss Italian
The Italian language in Switzerland or Swiss Italian () is the variety of the Italian language taught in the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland. Italian is spoken natively by about 720,000 people in the canton of Ticino, in the southern part of Graubünden (Canton Grigioni) and in the rest of the country. Furthermore, about 15.4% of Swiss population (1,310,000 people) speak it daily. Characteristics. The presence of calques from French and German means that there are some differences in vocabulary between the standard registers of the Italian language used in Italy and Switzerland. An example would be the words  for driving licence: in Italy, it is called a "patente di guida" but in Swiss Italian, it becomes "licenza di condurre", from the French "permis de conduire". Another example is the interurban bus: in Italy it would be "autobus" or "corriera" but in Switzerland, it is the "Autopostale" or "posta" since nearly all interurban lines are run by a subsidiary of the Swiss Post. Another notable difference is the use of the word "germanico" to refer to German people, instead of "tedesco". However, as in Italy, the word "tedesco" is used to refer to the German language. In Italy, the  word "germanico" is used in the same sense as the word "Germanic" in English, referring, for example, to Germanic languages in general. Radiotelevisione Svizzera di lingua Italiana is the main Swiss public broadcasting network in the Italian speaking regions of Switzerland. The University of Lugano is the major university of the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Examples. Some examples of Ticinese words that are different from Italian are: As may be seen from this table, as well as the case with the driving licence described above, Swiss Italian has fewer false friends with English than standard Italian does, as calques  from French in Swiss Italian match Latin-origin words in English more often than the original Italian words do.