Italian Language Resources

Italian is spoken by about 62 million people. It's the official language of Italy and San Marino, as well as one of the official languages of Switzerland.

The Living Language team has assembled some useful links and other important information to help you learn Italian, no matter which course you're using.

Quick Links:

• Living Language Italian Courses and Products


• Grammar and Pronunciation Summary


• Online Dictionaries and Other Resources


• Tips on Typing in Italian


• Tips on Uploading Audio to Flash Forward

Living Language Italian Courses and Products

Click here for more Italian courses and products.

Grammar and Pronunciation Summary

Click here for a comprehensive summary of Italian Pronunciation and Grammar.

Online Dictionaries and Other Resources

Online Dictionaries:

• WordReference.com
• R-O-Matic Italian/English Dictionary
• Oxford Paravia
• IATE – The EU's multilingual term bank (technical and other specialized terms)
• De Mauro (Italian only)

Portals:

• Libero, an Italian portal with email, news, chat, weather, etc.
• Virgilio, for Italian news, weather, classified ads, video, email, maps, etc.
• Bluewin.ch, a Swiss portal with news, email, sports, TV listings, weather, etc.

News and Media Websites:

• Corriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper from Milan.
• Rai.it, Italian television and radio.
• La Repubblica, a national Italian newspaper, headquartered in Rome.
• La Gazzetta dello Sport, an Italian sports newspaper.
• Mediaset, Italian television.
• RS LA 1, Italian-language television in Switzerland.
• Cyberpresse, for news from Quebec.
• Corriere del Ticino, an Italian-language newspaper from the Ticino canton of Switzerland.

Culture Websites:

• ITALY Magazine, for culture, travel, property listings, etc.
• Musei Online, for the museums of Italy.
• Mangiare Bene, for Italian cuisine with lots of recipes.
• Swissworld, an information portal for Switzerland, published by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
• Musei di Stato, the State Museum of San Marino.

Travel and Tourism Websites:

• Fodor's Italy, for comprehensive travel information, planners, forums, news, and more.
• Italy, the official website of the Italian Government Tourist Board.
• In Italy Online, for photos, accommodations, and general information.
• METEO, to get up-to-date weather for all of Italy.
• Turismo Roma, the official tourist website for Rome.
• Firenze.net, a guide to Florence.
• Venezia, the official website of the tourist board of Venice.
• Sicily – Best of Sicily Travel Guide, to learn all about Sicily.
• amalficoast, for Amalfi Coast maps, photos, accommodations, events, etc.
• My Switzerland, a tourism website for Switzerland.
• Ticino, to learn more about Switzerland's Italian-speaking canton.
• local.ch, the Swiss yellow pages.
• FFS, for rail travel in Switzerland.

Tips on Typing in Italian

Like English, the Italian alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet, so it's fairly easy to type in Italian using an English-language keyboard. Although Italian also uses two accents not commonly used in English, these symbols can be found on most computers. To type them, you may be able to use these shortcuts on your PC (in Microsoft Word) or Mac computer:

Some helpful links include:

• International Characters, from Carnegie Mellon's Modern Language Resource Center
• Type Italian characters – online keyboard
• Italian Accent Codes, from Penn State University

Tips on Uploading Audio to Flash Forward: Italian Vocabulary

If you're using Flash Forward: Italian Vocabulary, click here for some tips to help you create your own flashcards with audio.

Tags: Italian, Italian language resources
September 9, 2005

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