In a survey of 2019, 45 percent of Italian respondents declared to speak dialect either often or always. Moreover, 24 percent of interviewees claimed to use the dialect sometimes, while only 17 percent affirmed to never speak any dialect.
Regionally, dialects are more often used in the South.
How often do you speak dialect?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Always
16%
Often
29%
Sometimes
24%
Rarely
14%
Never
17%
• Always 16%
• Often 29%
• Sometimes 24%
• Rarely 14%
• Never 17%
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Istituto Ixè. (July 22, 2019). How often do you speak dialect? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077435/frequency-of-dialect-use-in-italy/
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