Italian dialects (in Italian dialetti italiani) are varieties of standard Italian, whereas Dialects of Italy (in Italian Dialetti d'Italia) may be unrecognized languages, such as Sicilian, Piedmontese, spoken in Italy whose grammar, syntaxis and vocabulary are rather different from standard Italian but which have not been officially given the status of languages.

Thus, from one point of view, many "dialects of Italy" may be true languages.

List of languages or dialects

• Calabrian language
• Lombard language
• Neapolitan language
• Piemontese language
• Sardinian language
• Sicilian language
• Venetian language

See also

• Il Vernacoliere
• Regional language
• Dialect
• Languages of the European Union
• European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages