Friulian
Also known as fur, Friulian language
Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance family, spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy
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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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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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