Romagnol

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A language of Italy

ISO 639-3
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Autonym
Rumagnol
User Population

160,000 in Italy (2006 S. Grementieri). Ethnic population: 1,100,000 (2008 I. Miani).

Location

Emilia-Romagna region: Cesena, Imola, Faenza, Forlì, Ravenna, and Rimini.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian
Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Italian [ita].

Language Development

Literature. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 1865–2005.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Romagnol
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Romagnol less and less publicly used. Used in public bars among people who know each other, to tell daily events and jokes. Used also among people who do not know each other to win somebody over. Christian.

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