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Friulian
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Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy
Friulian is a Romance language spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy that belongs to the same language family as a few other related languages in that part of Europe. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic and cultural heritage that has persisted in its region for centuries, though like many minority languages it faces challenges in the modern era.
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- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Rhaeto-Romance
- Country
- Romania
- Image
- Road sign in Friulian.jpg
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- writing system
- Latin script
- has grammatical gender
- masculine
- Commons category
- Friulian language
- topic's main category
- Category:Friulian language
- Wikimedia language code
- fur
- native label
- lenghe furlane
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 300000
- language regulatory body
- Regional Agency for Friulian Language (Italy)
- female form of label
- la langue frioulane
- indigenous to
- Friuli Venezia Giulia
- P10369
- Raspberry Pi
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Encyclopedic overview
Friulian (/friˈuːliən/ free-OO-lee-ən) or Friulan (endonym: furlan [fuɾˈlaŋ] ; Italian: friulano; Austrian German: Furlanisch; Slovene: furlanščina) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family. Friulian is spoken in the historical region of Friuli (nowadays 90% of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region and a little part of Veneto region) in the northeastern part of Italy and has around 600,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian. It is sometimes called Eastern Ladin since it shares the same roots as Ladin, but over the centuries, it has diverged under the influence of surrounding languages, including German, Italian, Venetian, and Slovene. Documents in Friulian are attested from the 11th century and poetry and literature date as far back as 1300. By the 20th century, there was a revival of interest in the language.
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