Furlans | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Friuli-Venezia Giulia | ~1,000,000[1] |
Brazil | ~100,000 |
Argentina | ~95,000 |
Canada | ~25,000 |
USA | ~20,000 |
Australia | ~900 |
Slovenia | ~800 |
Languages | |
Friulian, Italian Minority: Venetian | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Ladins, Romansh |
Friulians, also called Friulans or Furlans (Friulian: Furlans, Italian: Friulani), are an ethnolinguistic minority living primarily in Italy, with a significant diaspora community.
Friulians primarily inhabit the region of Friuli and speak the Rhaeto-Romantic language Friulian, which is closely related to Ladin, spoken primarily in South Tyrol/Alto Adige, and Romansh, native to the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland.