The Lombard language, casually spoken | Wikitongues

Western Lombard is a variety of the Lombard language, which is spoken by up to 3.8 million people, primarily in Lombardy, Northern Italy. A Gallo-Romance language, it is closely related to Catalan, Occitan, and Ligurian.

More from Wikipedia: Lombard (native name lumbàart, lumbard or lombard, depending on the orthography; pronounced [lũˈbɑːrt] or [lomˈbart]) is a language belonging to the Cisalpine or Gallo-Italic group, within the Romance languages. It is a cluster of homogeneous varieties used by at least 3,500,000 native speakers in Northern Italy (most of Lombardy and some areas of neighbouring regions, notably the eastern side of Piedmont), Southern Switzerland (cantons of Ticino and Graubünden), and Brazil (Botuverá, Santa Catarina). The languages closest to Lombard are Franco-Provençal, French, Romansh, Occitan and Piedmontese.

[thoughtfox]

I can absolutely hear the closeness to Catalan.

[Armadeus]

a very prominent ü /y/ sound that i can hear for sure!

[SR-khyq]

To pinpoint the exact location, this is the variety of Lombard spoken around the town of Varese.

[plixyplx]

Sounds to me like French spoken in Italian.

[Swissmister]

I'm from southern Ticino and the dialect is practically identical to the one we speak. There are only some very minor differences

[sonyasj]

The mother tongue of my people 😂. I was taught this dialect as a child but forgot it when I started school 😢. Thank you for bringing me back to my roots. It was nice to hear this dieing language again. Surprisingly, I still got the jist of what was being said. I guess you never forget... It brought me to tears. Tears of joy. Thank you! Watching from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[anubisu]

Some French feelings like /y/ and nasal vowels, and also some Italian feelings like trilled r, ci/gi sounds, and the amount open syllables, exist in one language! Interesting.

[tiols]

Pazzesco, bellissimo video, bellissimi discorsi. Servirebbero i sottotitoli per stranieri/italiani di altre regioni.

[edoardosalza]

For non italians: this is very close to the native language of the city of Milan. Few kilometers northwest here but almost the same

[CrayonLaser]

Il y a une bonne note de français, notamment au niveau de l'accent.😊

[mirkocutura]

first time I listen to Lombard! greetings from Chile!!

[stephaneroudaut]

" i diferenzi piscinin ", vale a dire le piccole differenze di pronuncia e di vocabolario a seconda dei luoghi sono come i diversi cru di un buon vino, di terroir da scoprire. Hanno tutti un aroma autentico

[Cameraqueen]

If I didn’t know anything about the dialect and I heard it on the street, it sounds Italian with a subtle hint of a Portuguese dialect. If a native Portuguese speaker had spent the majority of their lives in Italy, I imagine it might sound something like this. Historically there was a Portuguese movement to northern Italy; however, I don’t know if it influenced the modern Lombard dialect or any other northern dialects. Either way, it’s lovely and I enjoyed listening.

[franciscomaragalef]

No es un dialecto es una lengua reprimida como el occitano el piamontes etc.

[maochardinetlibertaide]

Grazie mille! La mia infanzia à casa di mia nonna. Sono Francese e ho parlato il dialetto prima del italiano.

[Twittler]

Originally, back in the dim and distant past, Lombard was an Allamanic dialect of Burgundian/East Franconian, spoken by the Langbeardas ((Lombards), a Germanic people, who occupied NW Italy after Rome fell. This language bears no resemblance to what it would have been, except perhaps for a certain, faint germanic quality to some of its sounds.

[taziocoin]

yeah it is a varese dialect cuz im from Merate and it is a bit different from the brianzolo dialect

[nandosafran]

Que peca que questa lingua, l’è mia un dialet, la se parla più, peca

[JanMoniak]

SOunds more like portuguese, french, catalan, than italian

[whuge]

Can people in Florence understand what they said？