Romagnol language
| Romagnolo | |
|---|---|
| Rumagnôl [rumə'ɲoə̯l] | |
| Native to | Italy, San Marino |
| Region | Italy: Emilia-Romagna (Province of Ravenna, Province of Rimini, Province of Forlì-Cesena, part of the Province of Ferrara and around Imola in the Province of Bologna) Marche (part of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino) Tuscany (a few communes in the Province of Florence) Outside of Italy: San Marino |
| Ethnicity | 1.1 million (2008) |
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Native speakers
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ca. 430,000, assuming Romagnol and Emiliano retained at same rate (2006) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | roma1328 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oki ... okl |
Romagnol (also known as Rumagnol) is an Romance language that descended from Vulgar Latin. It is named after the region of Italy in which it is found, which is derived from the Lombard name of the then-Byzantine territory, Romania. It is also spoken outside of Emilia-Romagna, particularly in the neighboring province of Pesaro-Urbino (part of the Le Marche region) and in the independent country of San Marino. It is classified as a threatened language, due to older generations having “neglected to pass on the dialect as a native tongue to the next generation”.
While contemporaneous with modern Standard Italian, it is technically a member of the Gallo-Italic Branch and more comparable to the “northern group” of Italian dialects. This includes the dialects Emilian, Ligurian, Lombard, and Piedemontese. It is sometimes considered a subdialect of a larger Emilian-Romagnol language, which encompasses a broad continuum of dialects spanning the region of Emilia-Romagna.
West of Romagna, the Emilian language is spoken. The border with Emilian-speaking areas is the Sillaro river, which runs 25 km east from Bologna to the west of (Castel San Pietro Terme). Emilian is spoken, to the east, in Imola, the language is Romagnol. In Emilia-Romagna, Emilian is spoken in all the rest of the region moving from the Sillaro river to the west, up to Piacenza.
The Reno River is the border between Romagnol and the dialect of Ferrara. Romagnol is spoken also in some villages northwards of the Reno River, such as Argenta, Emilia–Romagna and Filo, where people of Romagnol origin live alongside people of Ferrarese origin. Ferrara goes into Emilian language territory.
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