Italian Language
Italian language was a local language of beautiful countryside of Italy. From being a regional language of Tuscany it is now a national language of Italy and one of the most significant European languages of modern world. Italian Language is a language which is full of romance and beauty and it’s derived from mainstream indo European languages.
Being a universal language of love or Amor its widely spoken in parts of America, Some parts of Switzerland, sardania, Malta, Corsica, Sicily and of course in land of its origin Italy. Its a lyrical language which sounds musical and sensual. Italian has its origin from the ancient language which Romans used to communicate in and that is Latin. Italian is supposed to be a product of modification of crude Latin and not the classical one.
In 10th century Italian started its ascent in forms of various dialectical and regional languages within Italy itself. Lots of writers wrote in their own version of Italian which was influenced by their own regions. By 14th century the dialectical language of region Tuscany started gaining popularity as due to its central location and seat of power trade and commerce flourished there. Lots of Early artistes and literates made this dialect famous by spreading it wide along with their travels to various parts in Italy and all over the world. Florentine culture prevailed and dominated and its main protagonist were writers and poets who brought in early renaissance. thus Italian is also known as language of new world, peace and awakenings. Another reason for Tuscany dialect to emerge as united Italian language is its closeness and resemblance to early Latin in morphology and phonology
Dante, petracara and Bocacaio gave Italian language a worldwide acclaim through their famous and popular philosophies and writings. The language is very strong in terms of holding its sway on politics and religion as its language of Italy where Vatican city is and which is throne of Christianity where Pope sits and is primary language of the world smallest country. Switzerland gives Italian language it due respect in form of recognizing it as member of four official languages. San Marino has also made Italian it main official language.
In 1525 a venetian named petro bamboo made a proposal called ‘Prose dela vulgar lingua’which stated that language be standardized and styled on basis of volgar latin spoken at that time in Florence. Only by 19th century the language acquired its present form due to its widespread usage amongst educated Italians. 1861 was the time of Unification of Italy which not only united Italy I political terms but also had a profound effect on language culture and socio economic condition so it was in true sense united Italy. as it happens with most of the languages across the world with growth in economy and mandatory education people abandoned their old ways and culture including local dialect in favor of new modern united Italian language.
Relation to two italian dalmatian language sicilian and now almost vanishing Dalmatian language is also crucial. s Italian retains its Latin form of short and long consonants, Very similar to Latin in terms of vocabulary phonology and structure. It also has lots of similarity with French , Sardinian, maltase, Spanish and Romanian.
Official:
- European Union
- Italy
- San Marino
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Switzerland
- Vatican City
- Slovenia (only in Slovenian Littoral)
- Croatia (only in Istria County)
Historical significance in:
- France (in Corsica, Savoy, Nice and some valleys)
- Albania
- Croatia (Istria, Rijeka, Kvarner, Dalmatia)
- Malta
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Greece (in Dodecanese 1912–1943)
- Ukraine (in Crimea[12])
Historically official:
- Italy (in Italian Social Republic 1943–1945 and in Free Territory of Trieste 1947–1954)
- Eritrea (1890–1941)
- Somalia (Italian Somaliland 1895–1960, British Somaliland 1940–1941)
- Ethiopia (Abissinia 1936–1941)
- China (in Tientsin 1901–1944)
- Libya (1911–1943)
- Egypt (in Western part 1940-1942)
- Croatia (in Istria, Rijeka, Zadar and some islands 1919–1947, in Dalmatia 1941–1943)
- Slovenia (Istria (1919–1947, Province of Ljubljana 1941–1943)
- Greece (in Dodecanese 1912–1943 and in the Ionian Islands 1941–1943)
- Albania (1938–1945, Sazan Island 1920–1947)
- Malta (until 1934)
- France (in Tende, La Brigue and other small valleys until 1947, in Corsica and territory of Nice 1942–1943)
- Tunisia (1942–1943)
- Austria-Hungary (until 1918)
- Turkey (in Territory of Antalya 1919–1922)
Used by some immigrant communities in:
- Brazil 1,500,000
- Argentina 1,500,000
- Uruguay
- Mexico
- United States 1,008,370
- France 500,000–1,000,000
- Canada 661,000
- Germany 548,000
- Switzerland over 500,000
- Venezuela 400,000
- Australia 353,605
- Belgium 250,000
- United Kingdom 200,000
- Egypt 72,400