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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Italy > Lombard

Lombard

A language of Italy

ISO 639-3: lmo

Population  8,830,000 in Italy (2000). Population total all countries: 9,133,000.
Region  North, Milan, Lombardy, 3 valleys of Graubünden (Val Mesolcina, Val Bregaglia, Val Poschiavo). Western Lombard varieties also in Sicily. Also in Switzerland, United States.
Alternate names   Lombardo
Dialects  Milanese, Eastern Lombard, Western Lombard (Piazza Armerina, Novara, Nicosia, San Fratello), Alpine Lombard, Novarese Lombard, Trentino Western, Latin Fiamazzo, Latin Anaunico, Bergamasco, Ticinese (Ticino). A group of varieties, some of which may be separate languages Western Lombard dialects (of Ticino and Graubnnden) are mutually inherently intelligible. Speakers in more conservative valleys may have to use some kind of ‘standard’ dialect to communicate with those of other dialects of Lombard. Very different from Standard Italian.
Classification  Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian
Language use  Also use Italian.
Language development  TV. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1859–1860.

Also spoken in:

Switzerland

Language name   Lombard
Population  303,000 in Switzerland (1995).
Region  Central southeast, Mesolcina District, Ticino Canton, and Graubunden; 2 districts south of St. Moritz.
Language map  Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Dialects  Ticinese (Ticino, Tessinian, Ticines, Ticinees).
Language use  Used more extensively in Switzerland than Italy. Ticinese is the form used in the home. Also use Italian.