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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Plosive || p || b || || || t̪ || d̪ ||  ||  || || || || || k || g ||  
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|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || ||  || f || v ||  ||  || s || || ʃ || (ʒ) ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  
|style="text-align: left; font-size: 95%;"| Fricative || ||  || f || v ||  ||  || s || z || ʃ || (ʒ) ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  
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Revision as of 09:33, 6 December 2008

Italian is a Romance language, spoken primarily in Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City, and Malta. There is also a large amount of speakers of Italian in France, Croatia, Ethiopia and Slovenia.

History

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants
Bilabial Labiod. Inter-dental Alveolar Post-alv. Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive p b k g
Fricative f v s z ʃ (ʒ)
Affricate ts dz ʧ ʤ
Approximants & glides j
Trill r
Flap ɾ
Lateral Approximant l/ɫ ʎ

Vowels

Vowels
Front Central Back
Unround Unrounded Rounded
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Grammar

Nouns

Gender

Number

Articles

Pronouns

Adjectives

Prepositions

Contractions

Conjunctions

Verbs

Present

Future

Imperfect

Past Absolute

Conditional

Subjunctive

Present

Imperfect

Compound

Passive

Verb essere and stare

Verb avere

Sources