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Is this a real language, or just an Italian dialect? Is it more closely related to Italian, or to Friulian? john k 15:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Of course it's not an Italian dialect, the only real dialects of Italian that exist are Corsican and Gaddurese & Sassarese (those both considered dialects of Corsican but spoken on the northern coast of Sardigna. Every other local 'dialect' spoken in Italy is actually a distinct Romance language like Sicilian, Neapolitan, Piemonteis, etc. which have been repressed since unification out of fears that they would encourage separatist movements. Ironically the Northern League uses this language repression as a political tool, encouraging the northern Italians to learn their local Gallo-Italic languages.
I actually came here to ask if Istriot was more closely related to Venetian or Dalmation; is it a transitional language between the two or only close to one? Seek100 17:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
In my view, after reading the linguistic material provided here and under other entries of Wiki, Istriot and Dalmatian (Vegliota), may be related quite closely to Friulan, not to the various Vlach or Romanian languages. They are not related to Italian Venetian dialects either. More South Dalmatian language, judging for example from a letter quoted on Italian Wiki look more closely related to central-southern Italian dialects. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.163.8.110 ( talk) 11:41, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
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Is this a real language, or just an Italian dialect? Is it more closely related to Italian, or to Friulian? john k 15:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Of course it's not an Italian dialect, the only real dialects of Italian that exist are Corsican and Gaddurese & Sassarese (those both considered dialects of Corsican but spoken on the northern coast of Sardigna. Every other local 'dialect' spoken in Italy is actually a distinct Romance language like Sicilian, Neapolitan, Piemonteis, etc. which have been repressed since unification out of fears that they would encourage separatist movements. Ironically the Northern League uses this language repression as a political tool, encouraging the northern Italians to learn their local Gallo-Italic languages.
I actually came here to ask if Istriot was more closely related to Venetian or Dalmation; is it a transitional language between the two or only close to one? Seek100 17:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
In my view, after reading the linguistic material provided here and under other entries of Wiki, Istriot and Dalmatian (Vegliota), may be related quite closely to Friulan, not to the various Vlach or Romanian languages. They are not related to Italian Venetian dialects either. More South Dalmatian language, judging for example from a letter quoted on Italian Wiki look more closely related to central-southern Italian dialects. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.163.8.110 ( talk) 11:41, 30 October 2009 (UTC)