Cimbrian

Also known as Cimbrian language

endangered Germanic language of Italy

Key facts

Native to: Italy
Native speakers: 1,111 (2021)
Language family: Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic Upper German Bavarian Southern Cimbrian
Recognised minority language in: Italy, Trentino
Iso 639 3: cim
Glottolog: cimb1238
Elp: Cimbrian

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Commons category: Cimbrian language
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Historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian dialects

Cimbrian (Cimbrian: zimbar, [ˈt͡simbɐr]; German: Zimbrisch; Italian: cimbro) is any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in parts of the Italian regions of Trentino and Veneto. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern in German.