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Jun 21, 2019 · Although Venice is now part of Italy and it is not an independent Republic any more, local people here still commonly speak Venetian. The best place to listen to the most authentic and genuine Venetian dialect of course is the Rialto market, where locals do their shopping and meet up to have a chat.
Venetian, wider Venetian or Venetan (łengua vèneta [ˈeŋɡwa ˈvɛneta] or vèneto) is a Romance language spoken natively in the northeast of Italy, mostly in Veneto, where most of the five million inhabitants can understand it.
Venetian is alive and well. It's probably one of the few dialects still spoken by people of all classes and ages in informal and semi-formal occasions. And yes, I know a couple of people who can speak Venetian.
Oct 14, 2020 · Although many travellers assume that the “authentic” Venice is long gone, the city still harbours the last remnants of a once-great civilisation, with its own language and customs.
Apr 2, 2023 · Common people, the vast majority of the population, continued to speak Venetian. The Italian language only became dominant in Venice well after the annexation of the NE of Italy to the newly united Italian Kingdom in 1866.
Chipilo was founded in 1882 by Venetian immigrants. The majority of the city's inhabitants are descendants from these immigrants and can obtain Italian citizenship because they are officially recognized as Italians living outside of Italy. A ton of people in the city still speak venetian at home.
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For the 1600 years of Venice celebration, Tomasin explains the origin and evolution of the venetian dialect, from the Serenissima trade exchanges, essential for its diffusion, to its enrichment with the introduction of Turkish, Arab and Greek words.
