Italy: Cultural Superpower

Professor Riccardo Campa, who teaches at Siena's Università per Stranieri and chairs the Language and Publishing Committee of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Parliament, expands on the legacy and importance of the Italian language:

"Italian belongs to the archaeology of knowledge, something that new cultures absorb. It is changing and accepting contaminations. Spoken Italian is slightly different from written Italian, but its diffusion in Italy took place after the introduction of TV. The new language is slowly replacing all regional dialects."