LANGUAGE

About seventy million people world wide speak italian, with about sixty of them having it as a first language. In the UK, there are about 500000 Italians in London alone. With the UK being a diverse multicultural place, it comes as no suprise that italian is spoken in the UK.

The Italian language was brought to the UK via Italian immigrants who moved to the country before world war two. According to Edwards(2007), Italian immigrants moved to the UK so as to work in the brick-making firms in Bedford and Peterborough. This was back in 1945.

Since then, Italians in the UK have been quick to move into self employment. Since then, they have opened cafes and restaurants such as Valetino's, Bella Italia,Pizza Hut and Pasta Brown.

It is spoken in other countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Australia. Not only that, but it is also herald as the language most similar to Latin.













Convent Garden London(2008) Available at: http://www.coventgardenlondonuk.com/eating-drinking/restaurants-cafes-delis/italian/page/1 (Accessed: 27 February 2012)

Edwards, V.(2007)'Italian in the UK',BBC, March[Online]. Available at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/italian.shtml(Accessed: 27 February2012)