▁Other ▁Italian ▁languages ▁belong ▁to ▁other ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁branches , ▁such ▁as ▁C imb rian , ▁Ar b ë resh , ▁S lav om olis ano ▁and ▁G ri ko . ▁Other ▁non - ind igen ous ▁languages ▁are ▁spoken ▁by ▁a ▁substantial ▁percentage ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁due ▁to ▁imm igration . ▁ ▁Of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁languages , ▁twelve ▁are ▁officially ▁recognized ▁as ▁lingu istic ▁minor ities : ▁Alban ian , ▁Catal an , ▁German , ▁Greek , ▁Sloven e , ▁Cro at ian , ▁French , ▁Franco - Pro ven ç al , ▁Fri ul ian , ▁Lad in , ▁Occ itan ▁and ▁S ardin ian . ▁However , ▁full ▁b iling ual ism ▁( bil ingu ismo ▁perf etto ) ▁is ▁leg ally ▁granted ▁only ▁to ▁German , ▁Sloven e ▁and ▁French ▁and ▁en act ed ▁in ▁the ▁regions ▁of ▁Tr ent ino ▁Al to - Ad ige , ▁Fri uli ▁Venez ia ▁Giul ia ▁and ▁the ▁A osta ▁Valley , ▁respectively . ▁ ▁Language ▁or ▁dialect ▁ ▁Al most ▁all ▁the ▁Rom ance ▁languages ▁native ▁to ▁Italy , ▁with ▁the ▁notable ▁exception ▁of ▁Italian , ▁are ▁often ▁col lo qu ial ly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" dia lect s ", ▁although ▁the ▁term ▁may ▁co exist ▁with ▁other ▁labels ▁like ▁" min or ity ▁languages " ▁or ▁" vern ac ular s " ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁them . ▁However , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁" dia lect " ▁may ▁err one ously ▁imply ▁that