Ticinese dialect

E950192
Gallo‑Italic variety Lombard dialect regional language variety

Ticinese dialect is a variety of the Lombard language spoken in Switzerland’s Ticino region and nearby Italian-speaking areas, characterized by distinct phonetic and lexical features that set it apart from standard Italian.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Ticinese 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallo‑Italic variety ⓘ
Lombard dialect ⓘ
regional language variety ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Comasco dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varesino dialect ⓘ
other Western Lombard dialects ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ticinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ticinese Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDistinctFrom Standard Italian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Standard Lombard orthography ⓘ
hasFeature apocope of final vowels ⓘ
distinct phonetics compared to Standard Italian ⓘ
distinct vocabulary compared to Standard Italian ⓘ
lexical borrowings from French ⓘ
lexical borrowings from German ⓘ
lexical borrowings from Standard Italian ⓘ
palatalization of certain consonants ⓘ
presence of nasal vowels in some varieties ⓘ
strong local variation between valleys and towns ⓘ
use of vowel length contrast ⓘ
languageFamily Gallo‑Italic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallo‑Romance languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indo‑European languages ⓘ
Italic languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
Western Romance languages ⓘ
partOf Lombard language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Insubria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulatedBy no official language academy ⓘ
spokenIn Canton of Ticino NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian‑speaking part of the canton of Graubünden ⓘ
Italian‑speaking part of the canton of Valais ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
border areas of northern Italy ⓘ
province of Como NERFINISHED ⓘ
province of Varese NERFINISHED ⓘ
province of Verbano‑Cusio‑Ossola NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionOf Western Lombard NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift to Standard Italian ⓘ
usedBy Italian‑speaking population of Ticino ⓘ
usedIn comic strips and humorous writing ⓘ
informal oral communication ⓘ
local radio programs ⓘ
local theatre ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Swiss Italians → usesDialect → Ticinese dialect ⓘ
Milanese → closelyRelatedTo → Ticinese dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ticinese
Comasco → closelyRelatedTo → Ticinese dialect ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ticinese