Language

Italian

Italian is a language in the Indo-European family spoken in 45 countries.

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Scripture in Italian

A complete Bible is reported in Italian.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Italian is spoken

  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Eritrea
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iran
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • San Marino
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Slovenia
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
  • Zambia

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About Italian

Language family
Indo-European
ISO 639-3 code
ita
Glottocode
ital1282
Also known as
Italian: Sabino

Dialects and varieties 15

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Italian as a whole.

  • AbruzzeseNo known Scripture
  • BologneseNo known Scripture
  • Central MarchigianoNo known Scripture
  • Cicolano-Reatino-AquilanoNo known Scripture
  • FiorentinoNo known Scripture
  • LazialeNo known Scripture
  • Marchiano meridionaleNo known Scripture
  • MolisanoNo known Scripture
  • Old ItalianNo known Scripture
  • PuglieseNo known Scripture
  • SabinoNo known Scripture
  • ToscanoNo known Scripture
  • TuscanNo known Scripture
  • UmbrianNo known Scripture
  • UmbroNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.