Italian
Italian is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Romance branch of Indo-European; Latin script. The major Romance language closest to Latin vocabulary; official in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, and Vatican City.
6 Levels of Analysis for Italian
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Italian
What language family does Italian belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Italian?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Italian one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.