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| | Italian language - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Italian language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Its development parallels the integration of the Italian peninsula and the plains south of the Alps into a cultural and national unity. |
 | | With a strong infusion of Latin for religious, academic, and educational purposes, written standard Italian has tended to be highly formal and divorced from the many regional dialects, which are often mutually unintelligible. |
 | | Italian has provided English with much of the vocabulary of music, such as adagio, arpeggio, cello, crescendo, and pianoforte; Italian cuisine (lasagne, macaroni, pasta, pizza, ravioli, spaghetti, tagliatelle); and an assortment of social comment (extravaganza, graffiti, imbroglio, mafia, seraglio). |
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