Central Italian

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Central Italian
italiano centrale
Native to Italy
Region Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo
Native speakers
approx. 5 million (date missing)[citation needed]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog None
Linguasphere 51-AAA-ra ... -rba
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Central italian[1][2][3][4]

Central Italian (italiano centrale or mediano) is a group of Italo-Dalmatian Romance dialects spoken in central Italy in Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo. 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]

The following dialects are part of Central Italian:

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ali, Linguistic atlas of Italy
  2. ^ (Italian) Linguistic cartography of Italy by Padova University
  3. ^ Italian dialects by Pellegrini
  4. ^ AIS, Sprach-und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz, Zofingen 1928-1940

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