Milanese

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Milanese is a Western Lombard dialect spoken primarily in and around the city of Milan in northern Italy.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Milanese canonical 3
Milanese Lombard 1
Milanés 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallo-Italic language variety
Western Lombard dialect
regional language
associatedWithCity Milan
closelyRelatedTo Comasco
Pavese
Ticinese
linked to: Ticinese dialect
country Italy
distinctFrom Eastern Lombard
linked to: Lombard language

Standard Italian
linked to: Italian language
hasAlternativeName Meneghino
Milanese Lombard
linked to: Milanese

Milanese dialect
Milanés
linked to: Milanese
hasCulturalAssociation Milanese identity
Milanese popular theatre character Meneghino
hasISOCode lmo
hasLinguisticFeature lexical influence from French
lexical influence from Spanish
lexical influence from standard Italian
loss of final vowels in many words
use of clitic subject pronouns
hasPhonologicalFeature nasal vowels in some positions
vowel length distinction
hasRevitalizationEffort local cultural associations promoting use of Milanese
hasSociolinguisticTrend decline in everyday use among younger speakers
historicalDevelopment developed from spoken Latin in the Milan area
influencedBy Standard Italian
linked to: Italian language

Tuscan-based Italian
isVarietyOfISOCode lmo
languageFamily Gallo-Italic languages
Gallo-Romance languages
Indo-European languages
Italic languages
Romance languages
Western Romance languages
partOf Western Lombard
linked to: Lombard language
region Lombardy
spokenIn Lombardy
Metropolitan City of Milan
Milan
northern Italy
status minority language
primarily oral language
subdivisionOf Lombard language
usedBy population of Milan and surrounding areas
usedIn local poetry of Milan
local theatre in Milan
traditional songs of Milan
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lombard hasDialect Milanese
Lombard language hasDialect Milanese
Milanese hasAlternativeName Milanese Lombard
linked to: Milanese
Milanese hasAlternativeName Milanés
linked to: Milanese