Alessandria linguistic area

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The Alessandria linguistic area is a regional dialect zone in and around the city of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy, characterized by its own variety of Piedmontese and transitional features influenced by neighboring linguistic traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect zone
linguistic area
borderedBy Emilian linguistic areas
Ligurian linguistic areas
Lombard linguistic areas
centeredOn city of Alessandria
hasContinuumRelationWith other Piedmontese dialect areas
hasCulturalAssociation local traditions of Alessandria
hasDialect local variety of Piedmontese
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Emilian
loanwords from Ligurian
loanwords from Lombard
hasLinguisticFeature transitional dialect features
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Emilian dialects NERFINISHED
Ligurian dialects
Lombard dialects NERFINISHED
neighboring Piedmontese dialects
hasLinguisticVariety Piedmontese NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature forms influenced by neighboring Gallo-Italic varieties
hasPhonologicalFeature features intermediate between central Piedmontese and neighboring dialects
hasRelationTo Piedmontese language NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticContext bilingualism with Italian
diglossia with standard Italian
hasStatus regional non-standard variety
hasType transitional dialect area
hasWritingSystem Latin script (when written)
historicalLanguageOf Alessandria territory
languageFamily Romance languages
languageSubfamily Gallo-Italic languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Alessandria NERFINISHED
Italy
Piedmont
Province of Alessandria NERFINISHED
partOf Gallo-Italic dialect continuum NERFINISHED
spokenIn rural surroundings of Alessandria
urban areas of Alessandria
usedBy local population of Alessandria and surroundings

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Alessandrino Piedmontese belongsTo Alessandria linguistic area