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What if the Italian language is the real passport to the “Italian dream”?

By: Barbara Bassi

Mar 17, 2026
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Living in Italy is the dream of many who were not born there. And when that dream finally comes true - after overcoming bureaucratic, fiscal and legal hurdles - one must then reckon with the language barrier.

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Those who move to a big Italian city such as Milan, Turin, Florence or Rome do not notice it at first. The fas…

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