Central Venetian

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Central Venetian is the main variety of the Venetian language spoken in and around the city of Venice and often considered its most prestigious and influential dialect.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Dalmatian dialect
Romance lect
variety of Venetian language
associatedWith Republic of Venice cultural heritage
belongsTo Gallo-Italic–influenced Italo-Dalmatian continuum NERFINISHED
closelyRelatedTo other urban Venetian varieties
considered standard or reference variety of Venetian by many speakers
country Italy
distinctFrom Eastern Venetian
Istrian Venetian NERFINISHED
Northern Venetian NERFINISHED
Western Venetian NERFINISHED
geographicCenter historic center of Venice
hasAlternativeName Venetian central urban variety
Venetian of Venice NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRole marker of Venetian local identity
hasMorphologicalFeature use of clitic subject pronouns typical of Venetian
hasPhonologicalFeature typical Venetian sibilant system
vocalic system characteristic of Venetian
hasSyntacticFeature SVO basic word order
historicalDevelopment developed from medieval Venetian
influencedBy Tuscan-Italian
other Italo-Romance varieties
influenceOn other Venetian dialects
ISOStatus covered by Venetian language code vec
languageBranch Western Romance
languageFamily Italo-Dalmatian languages
Romance languages
lexicalSimilarityWith other Venetian dialects
mutualIntelligibility largely mutually intelligible with other Venetian dialects
partOf Venetian language NERFINISHED
prestigeStatus most prestigious variety of Venetian
primaryRegion City of Venice NERFINISHED
Metropolitan City of Venice NERFINISHED
spokenIn Venetian Lagoon area NERFINISHED
Venice NERFINISHED
surrounding mainland of Venice
standardizationStatus lacks fully official standard but serves as de facto norm for Venetian
status recognized as a regional language variety in sociolinguistic descriptions
subdivisionOf Venetian language NERFINISHED
usedBy inhabitants of Venice
usedFor everyday informal communication in Venice
oral tradition and storytelling in Venice
usedIn local media in Venice
popular music from Venice
theatre in Venice
usedInEducation occasionally used in informal or elective teaching of Venetian
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Venetian language hasDialect Central Venetian