Lombard language
Lombard is a Gallo-Romance language,[5] in a linguistic continuum[6][7] it is spoken by millions of people in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland, most of Lombardy and some areas of Piedmont and the western side of Trentino, and in Switzerland in the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden.[6] Lombard dialects are also heard in Santa Catarina in Brazil.[4][7]
| Lombard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lombard / lumbart | ||||
| Native to | Italy, Switzerland | |||
| Region | Italy[1][2][3]
Brazil[4] | |||
| Native speakers | 3.8 million (2002)e18 | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Dialects | ||||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | lmo | |||
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oc & 51-AAA-od | |||
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| 300px Detailed geographic distribution of Lombard dialects Legend: L01 – Western Lombard; L02 – Eastern Lombard; L03 – Southern Lombard; L04 – Alpine Lombard | ||||
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Lombard Language Media
Chart of Romance languages based on structural and comparative criteria
Detailed geographic distribution of Lombard dialectsLegend: L01 – Western Lombard; L02 – Eastern Lombard; L03 – Southern Lombard; L04 – Alpine Lombard
The LSI, published in 2004
A Lombard-speaker, recorded in Italy
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Minahan, James. One Europe, many nations: a historical dictionary of European national groups (2000). Westport. ISBN 9780313309847.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moseley, Christopher. Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages (2007). New York.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coluzzi, Paolo. Minority language planning and micronationalism in Italy (2007). Berne.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spoken in Botuverá, in Brazil, municipality established by Italian migrants coming from the valley between Treviglio and Crema. A thesis of Leiden University about Brasilian Bergamasque: [1].
- ↑ Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: LMO (in en).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jones, Mary C.. Policy and Planning for Endangered Languages (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 130. ISBN 9781316352410.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bonfadini, Giovanni. lombardi, dialetti (in it). Enciclopedia Treccani.
