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How easy is Italian for English speakers?

Going from English to Italian (Italiano) has a composite linguistic distance of 56% (curated lexical data). Below is the dimension-by-dimension breakdown.

56% distance FSI Cat I (Easiest) — 600–750 hours
Lexical similarity
18%

Shared vocabulary, cognates, and loanwords.

Grammatical distance
77%

Morphology, syntax, word order, cases.

Phonological similarity
0%

Shared sounds and phoneme inventory.

Writing-system match
100%

Latin → Latin

Genealogical kinship
40%

Indo-European ↔ Indo-European

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Sample sentences side-by-side

How everyday sentences look in both languages:

🇬🇧 English
The professor teaches philosophy and history at the university.
🇮🇹 Italian
Il professore insegna filosofia e storia all'università.
🇬🇧 English
The festival of music and art attracts visitors from all regions.
🇮🇹 Italian
Il festival di musica e arte attira visitatori da tutte le regioni.

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