<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Italian </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> italiano , lingua italiana </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pronunciation </Th> <Td> ( itaˈljaːno ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Native to </Th> <Td> Italy , Switzerland , San Marino , Vatican City , Istria County ( Croatia ) and Slovene Istria ( Slovenia ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Region </Th> <Td> Italy , Ticino and southern Graubünden , Slovene Littoral and western Istria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Native speakers </Th> <Td> 69 million native speakers in the EU . ( c. 2012 ) 90 million , total number of speakers . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language family </Th> <Td> Indo - European <Ul> <Li> Italic <Ul> <Li> Romance <Ul> <Li> Italo - Western <Ul> <Li> Italo - Dalmatian <Ul> <Li> Italian </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Writing system </Th> <Td> Latin ( Italian alphabet ) Italian Braille </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signed forms </Th> <Td> Italiano segnato `` ( Signed Italian ) '' italiano segnato esatto `` ( Signed Exact Italian ) '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Official status </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official language in </Th> <Td> Italy Switzerland San Marino Vatican City Sovereign Military Order of Malta Istria County ( Croatia ) Slovene Istria ( Slovenia ) European Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recognised minority language in </Th> <Td> Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Eritrea Libya Romania Slovenia Somalia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Regulated by </Th> <Td> Accademia della Crusca ( de facto ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Language codes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 1 </Th> <Td> it </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 2 </Th> <Td> ita </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ISO 639 - 3 </Th> <Td> ita </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Glottolog </Th> <Td> ital1282 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Linguasphere </Th> <Td> 51 - AAA - q </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Main language Used officially during the Italian colonial period ; now secondary Large Italian - speaking communities </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> This article contains IPA phonetic symbols . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks , boxes , or other symbols instead of Unicode characters . For an introductory guide on IPA symbols , see Help : IPA . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
countries that have italian as an official language
Italy Switzerland San Marino Vatican City Sovereign Military Order of Malta