Cimbrian Language - Dialects

Dialects

The three major dialects of Cimbrian are spoken in:

  • the Seven Communities (Siben Komoin), currently only the village of Roana (Robàan)
  • Luserna (Lusern), in Trentino
  • the Thirteen Communities (Dreizehn Komoin), 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.

In Trentino, according to the census of 2001, the first in which data on native languages were recorded, Cimbrian was spoken by a majority in the municipality of Lusérn (267 people, 89.9%). In other municipalities of Trentino 615 persons declared themselves members of the Cimbrian linguistic group, a total of 882 in Trentino.

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