Italian · Italiano
Guided 95 resource listings .
Italian has full A1–C2 paths and on-site tools on this site — start with the level that matches your speaking, not your reading vanity. Last reviewed 2026-08-01
Watch: A1-A2 dialogues at the cafe and shopping
More short dialogues on the Study New Languages YouTube channel.
About Italian
- Language family
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Indo-European, Italic, Romance Source: Glottolog ital1282
- Where it's spoken
- Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City
- Speakers
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roughly 65 million native speakers Estimate source: Ethnologue language page (ita)
- Writing
- Latin
Italian evolved from the Tuscan dialect of Vulgar Latin and was popularized as a literary standard by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio in the 13th and 14th centuries, long before political unification in 1861 made it a national language. Of the major Romance languages, it retains vocabulary and sounds closest to Latin. Its cognate overlap with Spanish, French, and Portuguese makes it a natural second Romance language to add.
Speaker counts are approximate orders of magnitude for learners, not census figures. Family labels follow Glottolog-style classification; vitality notes (when shown) follow UNESCO WAL / Ethnologue-style framing and should be re-checked for program planning.
Sources
- ISO 639-3:
ita - Glottocode:
ital1282 - Ethnologue — Italian (ita)
- Glottolog — Italian (ital1282)
How to start
- Pick one free course (or free-with-upgrades) below and finish a short beginner unit before hopping apps.
- Bookmark one dictionary or grammar reference and look up every unknown word for a week.
- Add 10–15 minutes of listening most days — news, radio, or a teaching channel.
- Drill vocabulary with First 500 words , then situational lists in topic decks .
- Go deeper with the Language Hacks – Italian series · Buy on Amazon.
- When ready, use a tutor marketplace listing below for short speaking sessions.
Practice on this site
Deep links into trainers and drills that already cover Italian.
Language home First 500 words Topic decks Root Explorer Root of the day Cloze practice Conjugation Explorer Quick practice False-friend quiz Register & nuance Collocations Output workshop Media sheets C1 tasks Listening picker
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| Resource | Type | Levels | Cost | Verified |
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Alison Italian courses
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | freemium | 2026-08-02 |
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Babbel Italian
Beginner path.
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course paid | A1-A2 | paid | — |
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Clozemaster Italian
Sentence-based cloze practice.
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course paid | A2-C1 | freemium | — |
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Coffee Break Italian
Friendly audio course podcast.
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course paid | A1-B1 | freemium | — |
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Coursera Italian courses
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | freemium | — |
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Drops Italian
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-A2 | freemium | — |
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Duolingo Italian
Structured beginner practice.
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course paid | A1-A2 | freemium | — |
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edX Italian courses
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | freemium | — |
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FluentU Italian
Authentic video with interactive captions.
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course paid | A2-C1 | paid | — |
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Glossika Italian
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-C1 | paid | — |
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Italian online grammar (CyberItalian free tier)
Online Italian course with free starting units.
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course paid | A1-B1 | freemium | — |
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ItalianPod101
Pod101-style audio and video lessons with a free tier.
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course paid | A1-C1 | freemium | — |
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Lingvist Italian
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | freemium | — |
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Mango Languages Italian
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | paid | — |
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Memrise Italian
Video and spaced-repetition vocabulary course.
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course paid | A1-B1 | freemium | — |
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MosaLingua Italian
Well-known learning resource.
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course paid | A1-B2 | paid | — |
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Rocket Italian
Interactive course with audio and grammar.
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course paid | A1-B2 | paid | — |
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Rosetta Stone Italian
Immersion-style commercial course.
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course paid | A1-B1 | paid | — |
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