Ligurian

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A language of Italy

Liguria region: east and west of Genoa along the Riviera and mountain hinterland; small communities near Piedmont-Liguria regional border (Garessio, Ormea, Saliceto, Seorle, Spigno, Orba valley, Scrivia valley); Piedmont region: Cuneo province; Tuscany region: Massa-Carrara province, small border areas; possible scattered settlements in Sardinia area.

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France

Language NameLigurian

User Population

300–400 in Corsica (Salminen 2007).

Location

Corsica region: Bonifacio town; Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: between Italy and Monaco borders.

Alternate Names

Ligure

Language Status

8a (Moribund). Recognized language (2013, No. 595), Education.

Language Use

Older adults only. Shifted to French [fra].

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Monaco

Language NameMonégasque

User Population

8,210 in Monaco (2014).

Location

Widespread.

Alternate Names

Ligurian, Munegascu

Dialects

Monégasque (Munegascu, Ventimigliese).

Language Status

4 (Educational). De facto language of national identity.

Language Use

Monégasque had few remaining speakers in the 1970s.

Language Development

Compulsory learning in schools has revived it.

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Ligurian

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