So You Want to Speak Italian! “Which Italian?” “Wadda ya mean which? The real Italian!” “Well, now, which one is that?” “The one they speak in Italy, but of course…”

Actually, there are a number of “real” Italian languages. For example, did you know the “dialect” you, your parents or grandparents may have spoken was real Italian… and still is! In fact, the so-called Italian “dialects” were the official languages of the separate Italian territories, before the unification. During the “Risorgimento” the “dialects” of the territories, became the “other” real Italian languages of an integrated Italy.