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Britain has fallen out of love with Italy – as have the Italians

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

On reading recently that Italian is the fastest disappearing language in America, my thoughts were mixed. I felt fleeting sorrow that such a beautiful lingo would be heard less. Between 2001 and 2017, there has been a reduction of 38 per cent — and this during a period when the proportion of Americans who speak a second language at home actually rose from 11 per cent to 22 per cent.

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