Italian is spoken by around 65 million people, mostly in Italy. Italian spelling stays unusually close to its pronunciation — a rarer trait among major European languages — which makes it a forgiving language to practice purely by ear.
This course sticks to the same six themes as every Nocturnal Voice course: short, common phrases for greeting someone, getting around, and talking about how your day went. Every phrase is spoken aloud, shown with a phonetic guide, and listed in full underneath the player — read along, listen with your eyes closed, or both.
Italian is written with the Latin alphabet, without the letters j, k, w, x, y in native words. If it looks unfamiliar, that's normal — the phonetic guide under every phrase on this page (and in the word list below the player) exists specifically so you never have to guess.
Because Italian looks so readable, learners often guess pronunciation from spelling alone and miss the double-consonant distinction — worth listening for specifically.
Italian is spoken by around 65 million people, mostly in Italy.
Italian is written with the Latin alphabet, without the letters j, k, w, x, y in native words. Every phrase on this page is shown in that script alongside a plain-English phonetic guide, so you're never stuck if the characters feel unfamiliar.
Because Italian looks so readable, learners often guess pronunciation from spelling alone and miss the double-consonant distinction — worth listening for specifically.