Native to Switzerland
Italy Glottolog tici1238 | Native speakers 108,000 (2011) | |
Region Switzerland:
Ticino
Graubünden (in the Moesa District)
Italy:
Piedmont (parts of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola) Language family Indo-European
Italic
Romance
Western Romance
Gallo-Romance
Gallo-Italic
Lombard
Western Lombard
Ticinese | ||
Ticinese (ticines, ticinées) is a comprehensive denomination for the varieties of the Lombard language spoken in Canton Ticino (Tessin) and in the north of the Province of Varese. The term Ticinesi refers to the citizens of Ticino or speakers of the language.
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Ticinese koiné refers to a koiné form used by speakers of local dialects (particularly those diverging from the koinè itself, as, e.g., Leventinese, etc.) when communicating with speakers of other Western Lombard dialects of Ticino, the Grisons (collectively known as Swiss Italian) or Italian Lombardy.
Status
Ticinese is generally more vital than the Western Lombard varieties spoken in Italy, with a significant number of young speakers. Some radio and television programmes in Ticinese, mostly comedies are broadcast by the Italian language broadcasting company RTSI.
A dictionary and some studies on the Ticinese variants are published by CDE – Centro di dialettologia e di etnografia, a cantonal research institution.
Examples
Some possible expressions and idioms: