Monégasque dialect

The Monegasque (proper name: munegascu ) is an Italo- Romanesque or galloitalischer dialect, which belongs not to the adjacent ( French ) Provencal, but the Ligurian language, which is spoken in the neighboring Italian region of Liguria. Herein also explains the high number of words that match the Genoese, spoken in Genoa variant of Ligurian. There is also, in contrast to the neighboring Provencal dialects, no long vowels.

Today's meaning

It is spoken in Monaco only by relatively few inhabitants besides the French language. Since the Monegasque in Monaco are a small minority of the population, the Monegasque was threatened in the 1970s by extinction. Meanwhile, the language is taught in schools, and their continued existence is well established. In the old town of Monaco, the street signs bear alongside French Monaco's names.

Spelling

The Monegasque spelling shows the following differences in the pronunciation, the Italian on which they can be used follows:

• The ü is pronounced like the German ü.
• This is œ as well as in the Ligurian, spoken like the French é.
• That sounds like the French ç ç [ s]: tradiçiùn, not as in Italian tradizione

Vocabulary

A few examples:

• Babulu ( fool )
• Bugata ( doll )
• CATA ( buy, Neapolitan and other Italian dialects accattà or Piedmontese ACATE )
• Carrùgiu (street, similar to the Corsican, Spanish carretera )
• Cioeve ' ( rain, Italian piovere )
• Fenuglieti ( red and white Anisbonbons )
• Geija (church, chiesa Italian )
• Sclaratu ( make trouble )
• Scià ( lady, similar to Corsican )
• Turta de ge ( puff pastry with chard )
• Zenzin ( sea urchin )

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