(documentation EmilianoRomagnoloLanguage EnglishLanguage "The EmilianoRomagnoloLanguage is a GalloItalianLanguage of Italy. SIL code: EML. ISO 639-2: roa. Population: 3,531,780 speakers in Emilia-Romagna (1987) Maurizio Masetti). About 10% of the people in the province come from elsewhere, and do not speak the language. Population total both countries: 3,551,892. Region: Northwest Italy, region of Piacenza to that of Ravenna, and between the Po and the Adriatic and the Apennines, in the territories of Emilia and Romagna, southern Pianura Padana (all provinces), southern Lombardia (Provinces Mantova and Pavia), northern Toscana (Lunigiana), northern Marche (Province Pesaro). Alternate names: EMILIANO, EMILIAN, SAMMARINESE. Dialects: WESTERN EMILIANO, CENTRAL EMILIANO, EASTERN EMILIANO, NORTHERN ROMAGNOLO, SOUTHERN ROMAGNOLO, MANTOVANO, VOGHERESE-PAVESE, LUNIGIANO. Comments: A structurally separate language from Italian (F.B. Agard). Related to Lombard (R.A. Hall 1974:29, S. Fleischman in OIEL 3.339:1992). Adults use Italian as second language. Not endangered. SVO. Literacy rate in second language: 100%. Christian. Bible portions 1862-1995. Also spoken in: San Marino. (Language name: EMILIANO-ROMAGNOLO.) Population: 20,112 in San Marino (1993), 83% of the population (1993 Johnstone). Dialects: SAMMARINESE.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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