Italo-Romance dialects

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dialect continuum group of Romance language varieties

Italo-Romance dialects are a group of Romance language varieties spoken primarily in Italy, including forms such as Tuscan (the basis of standard Italian), Neapolitan, and Sicilian.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Italo-Romance languages	5
Calabrian dialects	1
Central Italian dialects	1
Italo-Tuscan phonology	1
Umbria dialects	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect continuum ⓘ group of Romance language varieties ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Standard Italian NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom	Latin spoken in the Italian Peninsula ⓘ
differFrom	Balkan Romance languages ⓘ Gallo-Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Romance languages ⓘ Sardinian language group ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Corsica (historically) ⓘ Italian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardinia (limited areas) ⓘ Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Central Italian dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ Emilian-Romagnol NERFINISHED ⓘ Friulian NERFINISHED ⓘ Istriot NERFINISHED ⓘ Ligurian ⓘ Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ Neapolitan ⓘ Northern Italian dialects ⓘ Piedmontese NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanesco NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardinian-influenced varieties ⓘ Sicilian NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Italian dialects ⓘ Tuscan ⓘ Venetian ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Standard Italian NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	SVO basic word order ⓘ loss or weakening of final vowels in some areas ⓘ palatalization of Latin /k/ and /g/ before front vowels ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ two-gender system in most varieties ⓘ use of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ use of vowel length and quality distinctions ⓘ
recognizedAs	regional or minority languages in some jurisdictions ⓘ
spokenIn	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marino NERFINISHED ⓘ Vatican City NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Croatia ⓘ parts of Slovenia ⓘ parts of Switzerland ⓘ
subclassOf	Indo-European languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ
subjectOf	Romance linguistics ⓘ
timePeriod	developed after the fall of the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
usedBy	Italian diaspora communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hispano-Romance dialects → differFrom → Italo-Romance dialects ⓘ

Italo-Dalmatian language → hasPart → Italo-Romance dialects ⓘ

subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages

this entity surface form: Umbria dialects

Cismuntincu → subfamilyOf → Italo-Romance dialects ⓘ