Central Italian
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| Italiano centrale | |
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| Native to | Italy |
| Region | Lazio and east |
| Native speakers | approx. 5 million (date missing) |
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Indo-European
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Linguist List | ita-cen |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-ra ... -rba |
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Central Italian (italiano centrale or mediano) is a group of Italo-Dalmatian Romance dialects spoken in Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany and a small part of Abruzzo, in central Italy. The differences between these dialects are slight; they are closely related to Tuscan and all are mutually intelligible with each other as well as with standard Italian. They are the Italian dialects not affected by substrata[citation needed].
Because Rome is the most important cultural center of the dialect region, sometimes "Romanesco" is used to refer to the whole of Central Italian including all its dialects.
The following dialects are part of Central Italian:
- Marchigiano (central part of Marche)
- Umbrian dialects (Umbria)
- Sabino (L'Aquila and Province of Rieti)
- Tuscia dialect (Tuscia, northern part of Latium)
- Romanesco (Rome)
- Castelli Romani dialect (Castelli Romani)
- Ciociaro (Ciociaria, southern part of Latium)
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References [edit]
- ^ Ali, Linguistic atlas of Italy
- ^ (Italian) Linguistic cartography of Italy by Padova University
- ^ a b Italian dialects by Pellegrini
- ^ AIS, Sprach-und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz, Zofingen 1928-1940
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