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Genoese
1.900.000 speakers
38 language specific characters
ISO 639 code: lij
Genoese is part of the Ligurian group of Romance dialects spoken by about 1,900,000 people in the northwest of Italy, particularly in Liguria. These dialects are also spoken in the Italian regions of Tuscany, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, in southern France, parts of Sardinia and Corsica, and in Monaco, where the language known as Monégasque or Munegascu.
Genoese is spoken mainly in Genoa (Zena), and has some similarities with French, as well as some German influence. The majority of Genoese speakers are elderly.
There is no standardised of Genoese spelling or grammar.
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wikipedia.org, omniglot.com & ethnologue.comAre you a hyperpolyglot? Genoese is supported by our fonts, but unfortunately we don't have our sample text translated yet into Genoese. If you can help us out by making a translation of these few lines of text, you rock!
Don’t be a cuckoo if you’re a nightingale.
Don’t be a nightingale or a flycatcher, if you’re a dog.
But anyone can make sound.
We are Underware.
Don’t be a cuckoo if you’re a nightingale.
Don’t be a nightingale or a flycatcher, if you’re a dog.
But anyone can make sound.
We are Underware.