Romagnol dialect
| Romagnolo | |
|---|---|
| Rumagnôl [rumə'ɲoə̯l] | |
| Native to | Italy, San Marino |
| Region | Italy: Emilia-Romagna (Province of Ravenna, Province of Rimini, Province of Forlì-Cesena, part of the Province of Ferrara and around Imola in the Province of Bologna) Marche (part of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino) Tuscany (a few communes in the Province of Florence) Outside of Italy: San Marino |
| Ethnicity | 1.1 million (2008) |
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Native speakers
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ca. 430,000, assuming Romagnol and Emiliano retained at same rate (2006) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | roma1328 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oki ... okl |
Romagnol is a dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo, a Romance language, mostly spoken in Romagna (Northern Italy, part of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy), Republic of San Marino, northern Marche, and a few communes in northern Tuscany.
Romagnol, like other Romance languages, is descended from the Vulgar Latin spoken in the Roman Empire. It evolved alongside the Tuscan, which would form the basis of Standard Italian. Although Romagnol is often described as a dialect, it is not a variant of or descended from Italian.
What distinguishes Romagnol from other languages of Northern Italy is a complex set of historical, geographical and cultural factors:
West of Romagna, the Emilian language is spoken. The border with Emilian-speaking areas is the Sillaro river, which runs 25 km east from Bologna to the west of (Castel San Pietro Terme). Emilian is spoken, to the east, in Imola, the language is Romagnol. In Emilia-Romagna, Emilian is spoken in all the rest of the region moving from the Sillaro river to the west, up to Piacenza.
The Reno River is the border between Romagnol and the dialect of Ferrara. Romagnol is spoken also in some villages northwards of the Reno River, such as Argenta, Emilia–Romagna and Filo, where people of Romagnol origin live alongside people of Ferrarese origin. Ferrara goes into Emilian language territory.
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