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Learn a Beautiful Languge

So you have decided to learn Italian. Great choice, it really is a fantastic langugage. Like all languages the more you speak it the better you wil become. Maybe a visit to Italy would be a good idea. This lens will help you on your way.

I recommend this Learn Italian book

Brief about the Italian Language

About 63 million people speak Italian, a language that is known as the Romance language. Italy and Switzerland are the primary countries where Italian is spoken with Italian being an official language. Italy after its unification officially adopted a standard Italian that has its roots in the Tuscan dialect. This version is a mix between the Italian-Dalmation dialects of the north and south.

In the written verse Italy has double consonants which a lot of languages that are based on the Latin alphabet do. In Italian double consonants are pronounced as geminated (long) unlike in languages such as French. Stress in the language is distinctive and a feature of Romance languages. Italian most resembles Latin vocabulary of all the Romance languages.

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How many languages can you speak?

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jder Jun 14, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete

As well as English I speak one language well, another ok and another not so well. I'm looking to improve Italian and will check out the book you recommended. Thanks.

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ChrisDay Jan 17, 2011 @ 4:16 pm | delete

Favourited - thanks

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ChrisDay Jan 17, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete

Lensrolled to my Italy Quiz

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ChrisDay Jan 17, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete

Answer to Qu: survival level in 10, smatterings of 9 more. Reasonably confident in 2 plus my own tongue (English).