Category: LanguagePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common
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English meaning: Language
Definition
A system of human communication. Italian, derived from Latin, is spoken by 85 million people. Italian is the primary language of classical music, with terms like allegro, piano, forte, sonata, and opera universally used in music worldwide. Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (c. 1320) established the Italian literary tradition.
Example
“L'italiano è la lingua internazionale della musica classica.”
In English: “Italian is the international language of classical music.”
Literary Heritage
“Lo volgare illustre, cardinale, aulico e curiale è quello che è di tutte le città italiane e non par d'alcuna.”
“The illustrious, cardinal, courtly, and curial vernacular is the one common to all Italian cities and peculiar to none.”
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Language information
- Language
- Italiano
- Italian
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Romance
- Speakers
- 70M