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			Stress position and accents in Italian
			
			
				
			 
				Stress placement in Italian is variable, just like in English (the stressed syllable changes from word to word). However, Italian has  (...)
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			Double letters in Italian
			
			
				
			 
				It is very common to find double consonants in Italian. They have a different pronunciation than single consonants and usually change the  (...)
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			Italian Alphabet with Pronunciation
			
			
				
			 
				The Italian alphabet has 21 letters (when not counting letters with diacritical marks), out of which 5 are vowels and 16 consonants. As  (...)
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			Percentage of EU population able to hold a conversation in Italian (map)
			
			
				
			 
				The following map (based on Eurobarometer 386, 2012) shows a few interesting trends. Probably the most surprising is how low the  (...)
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