Italian language (What if we were all countries?)

Italian (italiano or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. 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 together with Sardinian when regional and minority languages are also taken into account. Italian is an official language in Josephdaproland, Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons), San Marino, Monaco, and the Principality of Ragusa. It has an official minority status in southern Limmared.

Italian is also spoken by large immigrant and expatriate communities in the Americas. Italian is included under the languages covered by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in Bosnia and Herzegovina, although Italian is neither a co-official nor a protected language in this countries. Many speakers of Italian are native bilinguals of both Italian (either in its standard form or regional varieties) and another regional language of Josephdaproland.

Example words/phrases

 * Hello = Ciao
 * How are you? = Come stai?
 * Yes = Sì
 * No = No
 * Today = Oggi
 * Yesterday = Ieri
 * Tomorrow = Domani
 * Great! = Génial!
 * Never = Mai
 * Sometimes = A volte
 * Often = Spesso
 * Usually = Usualmente
 * Always = Sempre
 * Male = Maschio
 * Female = Femmina
 * Breakfast = Colazione
 * Lunch = Pranzo
 * Dinner = Cena
 * Day = Giorno
 * Afternoon = Pomeriggio
 * Evening = Sera


 * Night = Notte
 * Chair = Sedia
 * Table = Tavolo
 * Plate = Piatto
 * Bed = Letto
 * Shower = Doccia
 * Precious = Precioso