Lecchese dialect explained

Lecchese
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Italic
Fam3:Latino-Faliscan
Fam4:Romance
Fam5:Italo-Western
Fam6:Western Romance
Fam7:Gallo-Romance
Fam8:Gallo-Italic
Fam9:LombardPiedmontese?[1]
Fam10:Lombard
Fam11:Western Lombard
Fam12:Comasco-Lecchese
Isoexception:dialect
Glotto:none

Lecchese is a dialect of Western Lombard language spoken in the city and suburbs of Lecco (Lombardy).

Characteristics

It has the characteristic, in contrast with the other Comasco-Lecchese dialects, to be influenced by Brianzöö, Valsassinese, Valtellinese and Bergamasque (an Eastern Lombard variety spoken in and around the city of Bergamo).

Grammar

In the use of vergót (coming from Eastern Lombard) instead of Comasco quajcòss (="something"). Another characteristic is the presence of close "e" instead of "i", and of close "o" instead of "u"; the use of suffixes "-om", "-on" instead of "-amm", "-ã"; the use of suffix "-én" instead of "-ĩ"; the use of article "ul".

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glottolog 4.8 - Piemontese-Lombard . 2023-07-10 . 2023-10-29 . . Hammarström . Harald . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029130658/https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/piem1239 . 2023-10-29 . live . . Harald Hammarström . Forkel . Robert . . 10.5281/zenodo.7398962 . Haspelmath . Martin . Martin Haspelmath . Bank . Sebastian . free.