Italian is the language of the majority of the population but there are minorities speaking German, French, Slovene and Ladino.
The northern part of the Trentino-Alto Adige region (South Tyrol) is predominantly German speaking with Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language related to Switzerland's Romansh, also spoken by a minority. There is a small French-speaking minority in the Valle d'Aosta region and Slovene is spoken by a minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area. There are several small pockets of Greek-speaking communities in the southern regions of Calabria and Puglia.
English is spoken fairly commonly on the well-travelled path, especially in touristic areas where is widely spoken by sellers and tourist operators.
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