Learning to Speak Italian in a Snap
Statistically, there are not a lot of people in the world who can speak italian. Only about 70 million have it as their native tongue, and 125 million as their second language. But if you compare the words of the language to French and Spanish, you’ll find that learning to speak Italian can be worth your while, especially if you already know those two aforementioned languages or plan to study them in the future. Its lexical similarities with French are 89%, while with Spanish 82%. So if you plan to, say, visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa or traverse the narrow canals of Venice, and then go on a European tour focusing on France and Spain, learning to speak Italian will prove invaluable to you.