Italian/Language questions?

[niaomi]

do italians speak spanish? and if not what language do they speak? and whatever language it is how do you say love and war? this would be mucho appreciated

[Stain_90]

italians speak.....italian!
it's just similar to spanish,not the same.
love=amore
war=guerra

[george.gauthierdc]

Italians do not speak Spanish except as a foreign language. Italians speak Standard Italian and often a local dialect. Even in standard Italian, people speak with different regional accents akin to the accents in the US from New England, the South, western drawl.

Some Italian citizens speak minority languages like French in Val d'Aosta and German in the South Tyrol, both officially recognized. There also small languages communities of Albanians and others.