Ligurian
Gallo-Romance language (for the ancient extinct language use Q36104)
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Summary
Ligurian is a natural language[1]. Ligurian draws 3,592 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #132 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Italy[3], France[4], Monaco[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6]
- Subclass of: Gallo-Italic[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Commons category: Ligurian language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: lij[10]
- Has part(s): Ligurian dialects[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ligurian language (Romance)[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 500,000[13]
- Native label: Lengoa ligure[14]
- Different from: Ligurian[15]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[16]
- Indigenous to: Liguria[17], Bonifacio[18], Sardinia[19], Province of Cuneo[20], Monaco[21], Province of Alessandria[22]
- Exact match: http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133113736[23]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[24]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[25], syllabic language[26]
Why It Matters
Ligurian has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Ligurian is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Ligurian has been cited as an influence by Nissart[29], an Occitan dialects[30], in France[31].
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Who did Ligurian influence?
Ligurian has been cited as an influence by Nissart[29].