Comasco Lecchese dialects

Updated on Oct 10, 2024

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Native to Italy Glottolog None		Native speakers 300,000 (date missing)
Language family Indo-EuropeanItalicRomanceWestern RomanceGallo-RomanceGallo-ItalicLombardWesternComasco-Lecchese

The group of dialects Comasco-Lecchese is part of the Western Lombard language and is spoken in the province of Como and province of Lecco, especially around the capital cities and north of them. In other parts of this provinces, other Western Lombard varieties are spoken (Brianzoeu and Bustocco-Legnanese).

The most important dialects are:

Comasco (spoken in the city and suburbs of Como)

Laghée (spoken on the lake coast north to the city)

Intelvese (spoken in Val d'Intelvi)

Vallassinese (various subdialects spoken in the Vallassìna valley)

Lecchese (spoken in the city and suburbs of Lecco)

Valsassinese (spoken in the Valsàssina valley)

References

Comasco-Lecchese dialects Wikipedia

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