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| Emilian | |
|---|---|
| Emigliân, emigliàn | |
| Pronunciation | IPA: [emiˈʎa(ː)ŋ] |
| Native to | Italy |
| Region | Primarily Emilia-Romagna. Border variants spoken in near Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto's provinces. |
| Ethnicity | 3.3 million (2008)[1] |
Native speakers | Unknown, c. 1.3 million (2006 estimate) (2006)[2] |
| Dialects | |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | egl |
| Glottolog | emil1241 |
| Linguasphere | ... -okh 51-AAA-oka ... -okh |
Emilian (Reggian, Parmesan and Modenese: emigliân; Bolognese: emigliàn; Italian: emiliano) is a Gallo-Italic unstandardised language spoken in the historical region of Emilia, which is now in the western part of Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy.
Emilian has a default word order of subject–verb–object and both grammatical gender (masculine and feminine) and grammatical number (singular and plural). There is a strong T–V distinction, which distinguishes varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity or insult. The alphabet, largely adapted from the Italian (Tuscan) one, uses a considerable number of diacritics.
- ^ Miani, Ivan (12 April 2008). "Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3, page 1ISO 639-3 Registration Authority Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3" (PDF). iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
- ^ Istituto nazionale di statistica (20 April 2007). La lingua italiana, i dialetti e le lingue straniere, Anno 2006 [The Italian language, dialects and foreign languages, Year 2006] (PDF) (in Italian). Retrieved 17 December 2012 – via portal-lem.com.