Ciao!

🇮🇹 Italian · Italiano

The melodic language of art, food, and la dolce vita.

At a glance

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~85 million

speakers worldwide

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Italy, Switzerland

San Marino & Vatican City

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Latin alphabet

just 21 letters

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~600–750 hours

to conversational (FSI Cat. I — one of the easiest for English speakers)

Your first words — tap 🔊 to hear them

CiaoHello

BuongiornoGood morning

Per favorePlease

GrazieThank you

Come stai?How are you?

ArrivederciGoodbye

Why learn Italian?

Beautifully phonetic — once you learn the sounds, you can read almost anything aloud
The language of opera, Renaissance art, and the world's most loved cuisine
Grammar patterns overlap heavily with Spanish and French — great as a second Romance language

Start practicing Italian — free

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