Definition of pedal. 1  1 : a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (as an organ or piano) 2  2 : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism a bike's pedals.
Languages of Italy and their dialects. There are a variety of regional languages spoken to varying degrees in Italy, most of which belong to various branches of the Romance languages and are hence descendants of Vulgar Latin. The official and most widely spoken language is Italian, a descendant of Tuscan. All Romance varieties spoken in Italy, except from Italian, are often called dialects in the literature, although the term may coexist with other labels such as minority languages or vernaculars..
Many of the words resemble those of Latin. See Latin Genealogical Word List (34077). Italian is spoken in Italy and the southern part of Switzerland in the cantons of Ticino and GraubÃ¼nden. Italian is also spoken in Yugoslavia near the border with Trieste.