Emilian language
| Emilian | |
|---|---|
| Emiliano | |
| Emigliân | |
| Native to | Italy |
| Region | Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany, Liguria |
| Ethnicity | 3.3 million (2008) |
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Native speakers
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ca. 1.3 million (2006) |
| Dialects | Bolognese, Ferrarese, Modenese, Reggiano, Parmigiano, Piacentino |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | emil1241 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oka ... -okh |
Emilian is a group of dialects of the Emilian-Romagnol language spoken in the area historically called Emilia, the western portion of today's Emilia-Romagna region in Italy.
There is no standardised version of Emilian.
The default word order is subject–verb–object. There are two genders as well as a distinction between plural and singular. Emilian has a strong T–V distinction to distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity or insult. Its alphabet uses a considerable number of diacritics.
Emilian is a dialect of the Emilian-Romagnol language, one of the Gallo-Italic languages. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between the various varieties of Emilian and the other dialect, Romagnol. The Gallo-Italic family has Emilian-Romagnol, Piedmontese, Ligurian and Lombard.
Linguasphere Observatory recognises the following dialects:
Other definitions include the following:
Emilian is written using a Latin script that has never been standardised. As a result, spelling varies widely across the dialects. The dialects are largely oral and are rarely written; however, the Bible was published in Emilian-Romagnol in 1865; the work has since been lost.
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