Italians didn't have to speak Italian, just as English people didn't have to speak English. They spoke these languages because the language developed in their area naturally.
No, Italians speak a Romance language called Italian.
Basically all Italians speak Italian from what i know and researched
Probably all of them.
Italian , 95%
I'm not really sure but i know they were born in Italy and speak Italian fluently.
Young people speack Italian or a mixage, old people speaks dialects.
Yes, Italians do think in Italian.
Immigrants from Italy spoke Italian. Their children grew up speaking both Italian and English.
Italians
As a mother language about 70 million speak Italian As a Cultural language about 110 million speak Italian Giving a total of 180 million, with a world population of 6,700,000,000 This comes out at about 2.7% of the worlds population. More information is available on the link below
Italians seak Italian because it is their national language. The Italian language is adapted from Latin. The region the Italian language was born was Tuscany
While Italians seem to speak faster than some other languages, its simply a matter of preference. Some Italians speak slowly. Speaking rapidly isn't a part of Italian culture, but talking expressively, creatively, and using the parts of the body such as the hands, alone with descriptive facial expressions are cultural preferences.