Italian is a Romance language spoken as a native language by about 70 million people in Italy, Malta, San Marino and parts of Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia and France. In addition, the Italian language is spoken by an additional 120 to 150 million people as a non-native language.

Italian is widely taught in many schools and language schools around the world, but rarely as the first foreign language; in fact, Italian generally is the fourth or fifth most taught foreign language in the world. In the European Union, the Italian language is spoken as a first language by 13% of the population or 65 million people, mainly in Italy. In the entire EU, it is spoken as a second language by 3% of the population or by 14 million people.

Study abroad and learn the Italian language in different language schools with various different language courses.