Bergamasque dialect

Bergamasque
Bergamàsch
Native toItaly
RegionLombardy
Native speakers
(undated figure of 700,000[citation needed])
Official status
Regulated byDucato di Piazza Pontida
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologberg1241
IETFlmo-u-sd-itbg

The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy.

Bergamasque has official status in the province of Bergamo, according to the Regional Law 25/2016.

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