Roman Italian
The Italian of Rome. A Central Italian variety widely heard through national cinema and television, occupying a middle position between Tuscan and Southern varieties.
Standard Italian
Also known as: Italiano standard, Tuscan-based
The national standard of Italy, historically based on Florentine Tuscan. The reference variety in education and national media.
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Frequently asked questions
What language is Standard Italian?
Standard Italian is a dialect of the Italian language.
Where is Standard Italian spoken?
Standard Italian is primarily spoken in Italy.
Which region is Standard Italian associated with?
Standard Italian is part of the Europe region on DialectAtlas.
Is Standard Italian known by other names?
Yes — Standard Italian is also referred to as Italiano standard, Tuscan-based.
What are the other dialects of Italian?
Italian also includes Romanesco, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Venetian, Lombard, Sardinian. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
Other Italian dialects
See on the atlas →Napulitano
The variety of Naples and surrounding Campania. Often classified as a distinct Italo-Romance language; a major literary and operatic medium.
Sicilianu
The variety of Sicily, often counted as a separate Italo-Romance language. Carries strong Greek, Arabic, Norman, and Spanish influences from the island's history.
Vèneto
The Romance variety of the Veneto region. Linguistically distinct enough from Italian that many linguists classify it as a separate language.
Lombardo
The Gallo-Italic variety of Lombardy and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Internally split between Western (Milan) and Eastern (Bergamo) groupings.
Sardu
The Romance variety of Sardinia. The most conservative Romance language, often cited as the closest living variety to Latin in several phonological respects.
Nearby dialects
See on the atlas →204 km away
The Romance variety of the Veneto region. Linguistically distinct enough from Italian that many linguists classify it as a separate language.
232 km away
The Italian of Rome. A Central Italian variety widely heard through national cinema and television, occupying a middle position between Tuscan and Southern varieties.
249 km away
The Gallo-Italic variety of Lombardy and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Internally split between Western (Milan) and Eastern (Bergamo) groupings.
299 km away
An extinct Romance language of the eastern Adriatic coast, intermediate between Italo-Romance and Eastern Romance. Its last dialect, Vegliote of the island of Krk, died with Tuone Udaina in 1898, a year after Matteo Bartoli recorded around 2,800 words from him.
362 km away
The Ljubljana-based standard of Slovenian. A South Slavic language with a strikingly diverse internal dialect landscape — historically grouped into seven major dialect bases.
368 km away
A Rhaeto-Romance language and the fourth official language of Switzerland, spoken across the canton of Graubünden. Around 60,000 speakers; the federal standard (Rumantsch Grischun) bridges five regional varieties.