Few other European languages have managed to install in people the sense of music as it is spoken. Spread throughout the world by Italy’s many waves of immigrants, today the sounds of Italian have remained almost unchanged as their speakers and descendents proudly revive their ancestry through the use of the Italian language. Here is a list where this language is still being used, officially or otherwise:
| Country | Languages (%) |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French |
| Australia | English 78.5%, Chinese 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Arabic 1.2%, Vietnamese 1%, other 8.2%, unspecified 5.7% (2006 Census) |
| Brazil | Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages |
| Croatia | Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census) |
| European Union | Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish
note: only official languages are listed; German, the major language of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, is the most widely spoken mother tongue - over 19% of the EU population; English is the most widely spoken language - about 49% of the EU population is conversant with it (2007) |
| Gibraltar | English (used in schools and for official purposes), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | Italian, Latin, French, various other languages |
| Italy | Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area) |
| Libya | Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities |
| Monaco | French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque |
| San Marino | Italian |
| Somalia | Somali (official), Arabic, Italian, English |
| Switzerland | German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages |
Source: CIA – The World Factbook