diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/lang.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/lang.rs
index 39115a34f..041a3bdbb 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/lang.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/lang.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ macro_rules! translation {
     };
 }
 
-const TRANSLATIONS: [(&str, &str); 33] = [
+const TRANSLATIONS: [(&str, &str); 34] = [
     translation!("ar"),
     translation!("ca"),
     translation!("cs"),
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const TRANSLATIONS: [(&str, &str); 33] = [
     translation!("hu"),
     translation!("it"),
     translation!("ja"),
+    translation!("la"),
     translation!("nb"),
     translation!("nl"),
     translation!("nn"),
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ impl Lang {
     pub const HUNGARIAN: Self = Self(*b"hu ", 2);
     pub const ITALIAN: Self = Self(*b"it ", 2);
     pub const JAPANESE: Self = Self(*b"ja ", 2);
+    pub const LATIN: Self = Self(*b"la ", 2);
     pub const LOWER_SORBIAN: Self = Self(*b"dsb", 3);
     pub const NYNORSK: Self = Self(*b"nn ", 2);
     pub const POLISH: Self = Self(*b"pl ", 2);
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/smartquote.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/smartquote.rs
index 797f0804b..64fecb768 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/smartquote.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/smartquote.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl<'s> SmartQuotes<'s> {
     /// region as an all-uppercase ISO 3166-alpha2 code.
     ///
     /// Currently, the supported languages are: English, Czech, Danish, German,
-    /// Swiss / Liechtensteinian German, Estonian, Icelandic, Lithuanian,
+    /// Swiss / Liechtensteinian German, Estonian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian,
     /// Latvian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Bosnian, Finnish, Swedish, French,
     /// Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and
     /// Norwegian.
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ impl<'s> SmartQuotes<'s> {
             "fr" => ("‹\u{00A0}", "\u{00A0}›", "«\u{00A0}", "\u{00A0}»"),
             "fi" | "sv" if alternative => ("’", "’", "»", "»"),
             "bs" | "fi" | "sv" => ("’", "’", "”", "”"),
+            "it" if alternative => default,
+            "la" if alternative => ("“", "”", "«\u{202F}", "\u{202F}»"),
+            "it" | "la" => ("“", "”", "«", "»"),
             "es" if matches!(region, Some("ES") | None) => ("“", "”", "«", "»"),
             "hu" | "pl" | "ro" => ("’", "’", "„", "”"),
             "no" | "nb" | "nn" if alternative => low_high,
diff --git a/crates/typst/translations/la.txt b/crates/typst/translations/la.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ec63fffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typst/translations/la.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+figure = Descriptio
+table = Tabula
+equation = Equatio
+bibliography = Conspectus librorum
+heading = Caput
+outline = Index capitum
+raw = Exemplum
diff --git a/tests/ref/smartquote.png b/tests/ref/smartquote.png
index 070e04876..e297c6a0b 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/smartquote.png and b/tests/ref/smartquote.png differ
diff --git a/tests/suite/text/smartquote.typ b/tests/suite/text/smartquote.typ
index 02ac4455e..4c27be074 100644
--- a/tests/suite/text/smartquote.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/text/smartquote.typ
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
 #set text(lang: "ru")
 "Лошадь не ест салат из огурцов" - это была первая фраза, сказанная по 'телефону'.
 
+#set text(lang: "it")
+"Il cavallo non mangia insalata di cetrioli" è stata la prima frase pronunciata al 'telefono'.
+
+#set text(lang: "la")
+#set smartquote(alternative: true)
+"Equus cucumeris sem non edit" prima sententia in 'telephono' prolata fuit.
+#set smartquote(alternative: false)
+
 --- smartquote-empty ---
 // Test single pair of quotes.
 ""