This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Cimbrian is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
Cimbrian (also Tzimbrisch) refers to any of several local Upper German dialects spoken in northeastern Italy. This area was settled in about the year 1000 by people coming from an area between Bavaria and Tyrol, and since then it was isolated from other German speaking areas, politically and linguistically.
Cimbrian is a Germanic language which is related to Austro-Bavarian and is sometimes classified as a Southern Austro-Bavarian dialect. However, as there are many essential differences in grammar as well as in vocabulary and pronunciation, it is practically unintelligible for people speaking German or Austro-Bavarian, the latter being also spoken in Alto Adige/Südtirol.
Contents |
Dialects
The three major dialects of Cimbrian are spoken in:
- the "Sette Comuni" (Sieben Gemeinden) near Asiago (currently only the village of Roana-Robaan),
- Luserna (Lusern), in the province of Trento
- the "Tredici Comuni" (Dreizehn Gemeinden) near Verona (currently only the village of Giazza-Ljetzan)
- some villages in the Carnic Alps as Sappada, Sauris and Timau.
Cimbrian is in danger of extinction both from standard Italian, which is often used in public, and the neighboring regional Venetian language. It is estimated that about 2,220 people speak Cimbrian.
Example
| Cimbrian | German | English |
|---|---|---|
|
Christus ist au gestanden |
Christ ist erstanden |
Christ is risen |
See also
External links
- The Cimbri in Lessinia
- Omniglot: Cimbrian Language, Alphabet, and Pronunciation
- Ethnologue report for Cimbrian
- Cimbrian tutorial
| ɮ | This Indo-European languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This Italy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 1 June 2008, at 02:40.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Cimbrian".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.