Lombard leid
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Lombard | |
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Lombard/Lumbaart (WL), Lombard (EL) | |
Native tae | Italy, Swisserland |
Region | Italy:[1][2][3] Lombardy Piedmont Trentino Switzerland:[1][2][3] Canton Ticino Graubünden |
Native speakers | 2.3 millions (2007)[4] |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lmo |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oc & 51-AAA-od |
Lombard is a member o the Cisalpine or Gallo-Italic group within the Romance leids. It is spoken natively in Northren Italy (maist o Lombardy an some auries o neighbourin regions, notably the eastren side o Piedmont) an Soothren Swisserland (Ticino an Graubünden).
The twa main varieties (Wastren Lombard leid an Eastren Lombard leid) shaw differences an are eften, but nae always, mutually comprehensible[citation needit].
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minahan, James (2000). One Europe, many nations: a historical dictionary of European national groups. Westport.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages. New York.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coluzzi, Paolo (2007). Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy. Berne.
- ↑ [1]