Piemontese
A language of Italy
| Population | 3,110,000 in Italy (2000). |
| Region | Northwest, Piedmont, except Provençal- and Franco-Provençal-speaking Alpine valleys. Also in Australia, United States. |
| Alternate names | Piedmontese, Piemontèis |
| Dialects | High Piemontese (Alto Piemontese), Low Piemontese (Basso Piemontese). Distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language. Considerable French influence. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian |
| Language use | Also use Italian. |
| Language development | NT: 1834. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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