Learning Italian

As you probably know, the the official language of Italy is Italian. As you might expect given the country's history (Italy was not unified as a single country until 1861), there are many regional variations and dialects. Although these dialects are generally mutually understandable, they do in fact also have considerable differences. For official and purposes, "Standard Italian", this being based on the Tuscan dialect of the language, is used.

Although Italian is the official language throughout Italy, it should be noted that it is not the country's only language. Italy is also home to a number of other languages, spoken in particular regions, such as Sardinian, Sicilian, Neapolitan, and Venetian. Additionally, there are also a number of other language communities present in the country, including communities who speak dialects of Greek and Croat, plus native speakers of Albanian, Catalan, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, German, Ladin and Slovene.

No doubt you are already aware of the benefits of learning Italian. Whether you visit Italy on vacation, or you plan to do business in the country, knowing how to speak the language can certainly make your life a whole lot simpler! You'll probably also be amazed at how much easier it is to learn a new language than it used to be in the past. Nowadays, as well as books and audio courses, there are many wonderful web sites that can be really useful, and indeed There is also a good software for learning Italian (Including the very popular Italian Stone Software Rosetta).

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