Italy

Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italian territory.

Languages

Main article: Languages of Italy

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Italy has many more languages than just Italian. Almost every region, in fact, has its own language, which derives from the history of that region. Near Venice, for instance, many people speak Venetian; near Naples, Neapolitan...

Related Topics:
Venetian - Neapolitan

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Some counts put the number of living languages spoken in Italy at 33, including Cimbrian, Sardinian, Neapolitan, Piemontese, Sicilian, Venetian, etc.

Related Topics:
Cimbrian - Sardinian - Neapolitan - Piemontese - Sicilian - Venetian

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