New York – There are 1,760,000 people in the world who study Italian, through language courses, in schools and universities, in the Italian cultural institutes and cultural associations. The figure emerges from the report “State of the Italian teaching in the World”, presented by Ambassador Andrea Meloni, director general for the Promozione del Sistema Paese of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, during the conference “Riparliamone: la lingua ha valore”, sponsored by the Foreign Ministry and in collaboration with the Municipality of Florence. (9Colonne)