Emilian dialects
Unstandardized language spoken in Emilia, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emilian (Reggian, Parmesan and Modenese: emigliân, Bolognese emiliàn; Italian: emiliano) is a Gallo-Italic unstandardised language spoken in the historical region of Emilia, which is now in the western part of Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy.
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Emilian | |
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Emigliân, emigliàn | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [emiˈʎaːŋ] |
Native to | Italy |
Region | Primarily Emilia-Romagna. Border variants spoken in near Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto's provinces. |
Ethnicity | 3.3 million (2008)[1] |
Native speakers | Unknown, c. 1.3 million (2006 estimate) (2006)[2] |
Dialects | see Dialectal varieties section |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | egl |
Glottolog | emil1241 |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oka ... -okh |
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Emilian has a default word order of subject–verb–object and both grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) and grammatical number (singular and plural). There is a strong T–V distinction, which distinguishes varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity or insult. The alphabet, largely adapted from the Italian (Tuscan) one, uses a considerable number of diacritics.