Lombard leid

Lombard
	Lombard/Lumbaart (WL), Lombard (EL)
Native tae	Italy, Swisserland
Region	Italy:; Lombardy; Piedmont; Trentino; Switzerland:; Canton Ticino; Graubünden
Native speakers	2.3 millions (2007)
Leid faimily	Indo-European Italic Romance Wastren Romance Gallo-Romance Gallo-Italic Lombard; ; ; ; ; ;
Leid codes
ISO 639-3	lmo
Linguasphere	51-AAA-oc & 51-AAA-od
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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]}.

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↑ ^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.
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