Fur

Also Known As: Frioulian,Friulano,Priulian,Frioulan,Furlan Description: Friulian ( furlan (help·info) or affectionately marilenghe in Friulian, friulano in Italian) (also Eastern Ladin), more properly Friulan in English, is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaetian family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy. Friulian has around 800,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian. It is sometimes called Eastern Ladin, since it shares the same roots as Ladin, although over the centuries it has diverged under the influence of surrounding languages, including German, Italian, Venetian, and Slovenian. Documents in Friulian are attested from the 11th century, and poetry and literature dating as far back as 1300. By the 20th century, there was a revival of interest in the language, which has continued to this day. A question which causes many debates is the influence of the Latin spoken in Aquileia and surrounding areas. Some claim that it had peculiar features that later passed into Friulian. Epigraphs and inscriptions from that period show some variants if compared to the standard Latin language, but most of these are common to other areas of the Roman Empire; often it is cited the fact that Fortunatianus, bishop of Aquileia..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Friulian Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/fur/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png Rosetta Document Collection Universal Declaration Of Human Rights: 1 (download) (browse)

Overview Main Country: Italy Spoken In: Regions: Europe ISO 639-2 Code: fur ISO 639-3 Code: fur Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Indo-European Group     Italic Group       Romance Group         Italo-Western Group           Western Italo-Western Group             Gallo-Iberian Group               Gallo-Romance Group                 Gallo-Rhaetian Group                   Rhaetian Group                     Friulian Language