Swiss Italian

Swiss Italian
Swiss Italian
Italiano svizzero (Italian)
	An old sign in Faido printed in Italian text
Native to	Switzerland
Ethnicity	Swiss
Native speakers	720,000 (2019 census); L2: 2 million
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Dalmatian Italo-Romance Italian Swiss Italian; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Switzerland
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
	A map showing the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland: the two different shades of blue denote the two cantons where Italian is an official language; dark blue shows areas where Italian is spoken by the majority of the population.

The Italian language in the Italian Switzerland or Swiss Italian (Italian: italiano svizzero, Italian: [itaˈljano ˈzvittsero]) is the variety of the Italian language taught in the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland. While this variety is mainly spoken in the canton of Ticino and in the southern part of Grisons (about 270,000 native speakers), Italian is spoken natively in the whole country by about 700,000 people: Swiss Italians, Italian immigrants and Swiss citizens with Italian citizenship.^[3]^[4]

The Swiss variety of Italian is distinct from the traditional vernaculars of the Italian-speaking area, which are classified as varieties of the Gallo-Italic Lombard language.

^ Discover Switzerland – Language – facts and figures
^ Cite error: The named reference forumperlitalianoinsvizzera was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Languages". Federal Statistical Office. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
^ "Anzahl der Doppelbürger in der Schweiz nach zweiter Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2020" (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[1] Discover Switzerland – Language – facts and figures

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[3] "Languages". Federal Statistical Office. 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2022.

[4] "Anzahl der Doppelbürger in der Schweiz nach zweiter Staatsangehörigkeit im Jahr 2020" (in German). Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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Swiss Italian
Italiano svizzero (Italian)
An old sign in Faido printed in Italian text
Native to	Switzerland
Ethnicity	Swiss
Native speakers	720,000 (2019 census)^[1] L2: 2 million^[2]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Dalmatian Italo-Romance Italian Swiss Italian
Official status
Official language in	Switzerland
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
A map showing the Italian-speaking areas of Switzerland: the two different shades of blue denote the two cantons where Italian is an official language; dark blue shows areas where Italian is spoken by the majority of the population.