Language details — Italy

This table lists languages spoken in Italy, including official, working, regional, and minority languages.

Percentages and speaker counts may be unavailable for some languages due to census and reporting limitations.

Language details

15 languages
Language Statuses Language presence
Italian
Official Working
95% · ≈ 56 m
English
No special status 34% · ≈ 20 m
French
Regional
20% · ≈ 11.8 m
Lombard
No special status 5.7% · ≈ 3.4 m
Sardinian
National
1.7% · ≈ 1 m
German
Regional Minority
1.6% · ≈ 943 k
Venetian
Regional
1.3% · ≈ 766 k
Piemontese
No special status 1.1% · ≈ 648 k
Albanian
Minority
Friulian
National
Ladin
National Regional
Neapolitan
National
Sicilian
National
Slovenian
Regional Minority
Tosk Albanian
Minority
Data compiled from national censuses and international linguistic datasets.
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