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Anna Aresi
Anna Aresi
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Even in other regions? Dec 21, 2020

Generally speaking French and German can be considered official languages together with Italian also in Italy, that's because French is official in Val d'Aosta Region, and German in Trentino Alto Adige. [/quote]

It makes sense! So even regions where these language are not official can issue official documents in these languages? I had never seen it before in documents issued by other regions. This one specifically wa... See more
Generally speaking French and German can be considered official languages together with Italian also in Italy, that's because French is official in Val d'Aosta Region, and German in Trentino Alto Adige. [/quote]

It makes sense! So even regions where these language are not official can issue official documents in these languages? I had never seen it before in documents issued by other regions. This one specifically was from Sicily. Thank you for chiming in! ▲ Collapse
 
WS McCallum
WS McCallum
New Zealand
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French to English
And Slovene too... Dec 22, 2020

Angie Garbarino wrote:

Teresa Borges wrote:

In order to try to help you, could you please answer the following questions: Why was the document originally written in two languages? Was it really issued by Italy? As far as I know the only country in Europe that has French and Italian as official languages is Switzerland…


Generally speaking French and German can be considered official languages together with Italian also in Italy, that's because French is official in Val d'Aosta Region, and German in Trentino Alto Adige.


Also Slovene is officially recognised in the provinces of Trieste, Gorizia and Udine.
 
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