| Also Known As: Lombardo,Lombard
Description:
Lombard is a language spoken mainly in Northern Italy (most of Lombardy and some areas of neighbouring regions, notably the eastern side of Piedmont) and Southern Switzerland (Ticino and Graubünden). Lombard belongs to the Gallo-Italic group within the Romance languages.
The two main varieties (Western Lombard language and Eastern Lombard language) show remarkable differences and are not always mutually comprehensible even if Western Lombard is generally easier to understand for an Eastern Lombard speakers than the converse. The union of Western Lombard or Insubric, Eastern Lombard and intermediate varieties under the denomination of "Lombard" is a matter of debate, and it has been argued that the two might potentially form separate languages .
Lombard is considered a minority language, structurally separated from Italian by the Ethnologue reference catalogue and by the UNESCO Red Book on Endangered Languages. Nevertheless, it must be noted that the Italian Republic does not recognise Lombard speakers as a linguistic minority. This official line is the same as for most other minority languages in Italy, and is partly a consequence of the erroneous reference to those minority..... full article at Wikipedia |
Location of Lombard Language Speakers
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44.263200, 11.440283, Italy
53.000000, 9.000000, Europe</googlemap>
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