1. Italy
The official language, Italian, is spoken by about 95% of the people. ... It is the main language of literature and the media in modern Italy. The Sicilian dialect is sometimes regarded as a separate language and is older than Italy itself. In recent years there has been a renewed interest in Italy's regional languages as part of the cultural heritage of all Italians, after many decades of Italians loosing their regional dialects, especially the difference in language between Northern and Southern Italy. Today, there are probably more speakers of Sicilian than any other Italic language e...
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