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Ligurian language

The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times by an ancient people of north-western Italy known as Ligures. Very little is known about this language which is believed to have been Indo-European.


Ligurian is also the name given to a Romance language currently spoken in Liguria, a region of Italy, and in Monaco.

It has been revived in Monaco as the Monegasque language. It is taught in schools and it has been suggested that 17% of the population Monaco speaks it. The ISO 639-2 code for this language is roa.

Is generally called Xeneixe , which stands also for the people of Liguria, and in some contexts for any northern Italian, as is common in South America.

Last updated: 10-11-2005 16:02:24
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