Venetian language
| Venetian | |
|---|---|
| Vèneto | |
| Native to | Italy, Slovenia, Croatia |
| Region | |
Native speakers | 3.9 million (2002)[5] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vec |
| Glottolog | vene1258 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-n |
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The Venetian language (in Venetian: vèneto) is a Romance language.
It was the language once spoken in the Republic of Venice.
Today[change | change source]
In the present day, it is spoken in the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in Slovenia and in Croatia. It is also spoken in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states) and Mexico (town of Chipilo) by the descendants of Italian immigrants.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United Nations (1991). Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names: Vol.2. Montreal.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Holmes, Douglas R. Cultural disenchantments: worker peasantries in northeast Italy. Princeton, N. J: Princeton university press. ISBN 0691094489.
- ↑ Minahan, James (1998). Miniature empires: a historical dictionary of the newly independent states. Westport. ISBN 9780313306105.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Kalsbeek, Janneke (1998). The Čakavian dialect of Orbanići near Žminj in Istria: Vol.25. Atlanta.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Venetian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Venetian edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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