Italian is a Romance language and is spoken by 75 million people, mostly in Italy. It's one of the official languages in Switzerland and it is also known and spoken in Albania and Malta. These courses were developed by the Foreign Service Institute of the United Stateds Government and released to the public domain. In the external language you find some other resources such as an
Italian grammar reference a
phrase list an
Italian pronunciaton tutorial and some other
free Italian courses for you to study.