Languages of Italy

Language Group Legend

  • Gallo-Italic
  • Venetian
  • Friulian
  • Ladin-German
  • Tuscan
  • Central Italian
  • Southern (Neapolitan)
  • Calabrian-Sicilian
  • Sardinian
Gallo-Italic Ladin-German Venetian Friulian Calabrian-Sicilian Tuscan Central Italian Southern (Neapolitan) Sardinian
Did you know that Italian wasn't made an official language of Italy until 2007? Italy has a rich linguistic diversity across the peninsula that stretches back thousands of years, yet not a lot of people know about it. We made a color-coded map with regional dialects and languages divided into 9 groups. See a group that looks interesting? Click on it to learn more!