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Cimbrian (also
Tzimbrisch) refers to any of several local
Upper German dialects spoken in northeastern
Italy. This area was settled in about the year 1000 by people coming from an area between Bavaria and
Tyrol, and since then it was isolated from other German speaking areas, politically and linguistically.
Cimbrian is a Germanic language which is related to
Austro-Bavarian and is sometimes classified as a
Southern Austro-Bavarian dialect. However, as there are many essential differences in grammar as well as in vocabulary and pronunciation, it's practically unintelligible for people speaking
German or
Austro-Bavarian, the latter being also spoken in
Alto Adige/Südtirol.
The three major dialects of Cimbrian are spoken in:
- the "Sette Comuni" (Sieben Gemeinden) near Asiago (currently only the village of Roana-Robaan),
- Luserna (Lusern), in the province of Trento
- the "Tredici Comuni" (Dreizehn Gemeinden) near Verona (currently only the village of Giazza-Ljetzan)
- some villages in the Carnic Alps as Sappada, Sauris and Timau.
Cimbrian is in danger of extinction both from standard Italian, which is often used in public, and the neighboring regional
Venetian language. It is estimated that about 2,220 people speak Cimbrian.
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