Italian is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family. It is a standardised form of literary Florentine Tuscan and, together with Sardinian, is the least differentiated language from Lati
The Veronese Riddle (c. 8th or early 9th century), a riddle reflecting either a form of Medieval Latin or the earliest extant example of Romance vernacular in Italy
Dante Alighieri, whose works helped establish modern Italian language, is considered one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages. His epic poem Divine Comedy ranks among the finest works of world literature.
Alessandro Manzoni is famous for the novel The Betrothed (1827), ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. He contributed to the nationwide use of the Italian language.
Italian Secondary School in Rijeka/Fiume, Croatia
Catalan is a Western Romance language and is the indigenous and official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community, where
Casa de Convalescència, Headquarters of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC)
The word noveŀla ("novel") in a dictionary. The geminated L (ŀl) is a distinctive character used in Catalan.
Gender and number inflection of the word gat ("cat")