The Italian language is spoken by people in places.
The Holy See , also referred to as the See of Rome , ( Santa Sede Sancta Sedes [ ˈsaŋkta ˈsɛdes ] ) is the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome , the episcopal see of the Pope , and an independent sovereign entity . Italian language . Italian is the fourth most studied language in the world . It is the third most widely spoken first language in the European Union with 65 million native speakers ( 13 % of the EU population ) and it is spoken as a second language by 14 million EU citizens ( 3 % ) . Including Italian speakers in non-EU European countries ( such as Switzerland and Albania ) and on other continents , the total number of speakers is around 85 million .