Italian italiano, lingua italiana Pronunciation (itaˈljaːno) Native to Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Istria County (Croatia) and Slovene Istria (Slovenia) Region Italy, Ticino and southern Graubünden, Slovene Littoral and western Istria Native speakers 69 million native speakers in the EU. (c. 2012) 90 million, total number of speakers. Language family Indo - European Italic Romance Italo - Western Italo - Dalmatian Italian Writing system Latin (Italian alphabet) Italian Braille Signed forms Italiano segnato "(Signed Italian) '' italiano segnato esatto "(Signed Exact Italian) '' Official status Official language in Italy Switzerland San Marino Vatican City Sovereign Military Order of Malta Istria County (Croatia) Slovene Istria (Slovenia) European Union Recognised minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Eritrea Libya Romania Slovenia Somalia Regulated by Accademia della Crusca (de facto) Language codes ISO 639 - 1 it ISO 639 - 2 ita ISO 639 - 3 ita Glottolog ital1282 Linguasphere 51 - AAA - q Main language Used officially during the Italian colonial period; now secondary Large Italian - speaking communities This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help: IPA.
countries that have italian as an official language
Italy Italy Italy Switzerland Switzerland San Marino San Marino Vatican City Vatican City Sovereign Military Order of Malta