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  1. Ligurian (/ l ɪ ˈ ɡ j ʊər i ə n / lig-YOOR-ee-ən; endonym: lìgure) or Genoese (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n oʊ ˈ iː z / JEN-oh-EEZ; endonym: zeneise or zeneize) is a Gallo-Italic language spoken primarily in the territories of the former Republic of Genoa, now comprising the area of Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone ...

    • 600,000 (2002)
  2. Ligurian language, language spoken by the Ligurians in northwestern Italy (and perhaps also in southern France and northeastern Spain) in pre-Roman and early Roman times. It is apparently an Indo-European language. Some scholars have maintained that Ligurian is closely related to the Italic and.

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  4. Ligurian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Liguria in northern Italy, and also in south west France, Monaco and southern Sardinia by about 500,000 people. Ligurian is part of the continuum of Western Romance languages and has a number of dialects, the most-spoken of which is Genoese (Zeneize). In Italy there are Ligurian speakers in ...

  5. The term “Ligurian” denotes the set of Romance varieties spoken in Liguria, including the local forms spoken in the Principality of Monaco and by the Tabarkin communities in the Sardinian islands.

  6. Ligurian or Genoese ( lìgure or zeneize) is a Romance language of the Gallo-Romance branch spoken in the Liguria region in northwestern Italy and in two communes in the Italian island of Sardinia as well as in parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Corsica in southeastern France, and in Monaco .

    • 500,000 (2002)
    • ˈliɡyre, zeˈnejze
  7. Ligurian or Genoese ( lìgure or zeneize) is a Romance language of the Gallo-Romance branch spoken in the Liguria region in northwestern Italy and in two communes in the Italian island of Sardinia as well as in parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Corsica in southeastern France, and in Monaco. Quick Facts / Genoese, Pronunciation ...

  8. The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family .

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