Lombard | |
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lombard / lumbart | |
Native to | Italy, Switzerland |
Region | Italy[1][2][3]
Brazil[4] |
Native speakers | 3.8 million (2002)[5] |
Indo-European
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | lmo |
Glottolog | lomb1257 |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-oc & 51-AAA-od |
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![]() Detailed geographic distribution of Lombard dialects Legend: L01 – Western Lombard; L02 – Eastern Lombard; L03 – Southern Lombard; L04 – Alpine Lombard | |
Lombard is a Gallo-Romance language,[6] in a linguistic continuum[7][8] it is spoken by millions of people in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland, most of Lombardy and some areas of Piedmont and the western side of Trentino, and in Switzerland in the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden.[7] Lombard dialects are also heard in Santa Catarina in Brazil.[4][8]