Italian (italiano [itaˈljaːno] or lingua italiana [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.About 85 million people speak this language (2022). Italian is credited as the most direct descendant of Latin, being the closest to it among the national languages and the least divergent from it ...

Italian may refer to: . Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries . Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom; Italian language, a Romance language . Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language; Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy; Italian culture, cultural features of Italy