Station
identifications: "Radiouno" , or " Radiodue",
or "RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana stazioni..." Italian is spoken in Italy and Switzerland.
Italian has a singing intonation , longer stressed vowels and double consonants (eg bella , gemma ) (this feature is shared in Europe with Swedish and Finnish ).
Initial groups of consonants can begin with s in Italian but not in Spanish or Portuguese .
Station
identifications: "Radiouno" , or " Radiodue",
or "RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana stazioni..."
| Name | Where spoken | Language Family | How many (000s) |
| Italian | Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Sardinia, Yugoslavia, parts of N & S America, N Africa | Indo-European (Romance) | 56-60m |
Table source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Ctystal, Cambridge University Press
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