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Encyclopedia > Cimbrian language
Historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian and Mócheno dialects.
Historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian and Mócheno dialects.

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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 729 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3831 × 3152 pixel, file size: 240 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description: Map of the historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian language. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 729 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3831 × 3152 pixel, file size: 240 KB, MIME type: image/png) Description: Map of the historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian language. ... Mócheno is an Upper German dialect spoken in three towns of the Fersina Valley (Italian: Valle del Fersina, German: Fersental), in Trentino, northeastern Italy. ... Some basics of Germanic linguistics : in linguistics, German and Germanic do not have the same meaning: see Germanic. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ... Coat of arms of the Counts of Tyrol Austria-Hungary in 1914, showing Tirol–Vorarlberg as the left-most province, coloured cream Capital Meran (Merano), until 1848 Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Created County 1140  - Bequeathed to Habsburgs 1363 or 1369  - Joined Council of Princes 1582  - Trent, Tyrol and...


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. Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. ... Southern Austro-Bavarian is a term describing Germanic dialects which are part of the Austro-Bavarian group. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ... Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. ... The Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Bozen, or Alto Adige/Südtirol (official in Italian: ; German: ; Ladin: ; also in Italian: ; German: ; Ladin: ) is an autonomous province of Italy. ...


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. Asiago (Cimbrian: Schleghe, German: Schlägen) is the name of both a minor township (population roughly 6,500, ) and the surrounding plateau region (the Altopiano di Asiago) in the Province of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Northeastern Italy. ... Luserna (Italian: Luserna; Cimbrian: Lusèrn; German: Lusern) is a comune (municipality) in the Autonomous Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km southeast of Trento. ... This page is about the city in Italy; for other uses, see Verona (disambiguation). ... The Carnic Alps are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps at the borders of East Tyrol, Carinthia and Friuli. ... Country Italy Region Veneto Province Province of Belluno (BL) Mayor Elevation m Area 62. ... Country Italy Region Friuli-Venezia Giulia Province Province of Udine (UD) Mayor Elevation m Area 41. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


See also

  • Mócheno language

Mócheno is an Upper German dialect spoken in three towns of the Fersina Valley (Italian: Valle del Fersina, German: Fersental), in Trentino, northeastern Italy. ...

External links

  • The Cimbri in Lessinia
  • Omniglot: Cimbrian Language, Alphabet, and Pronunciation
  • Ethnologue report for Cimbrian
  • http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/didact/zimbr/course2/lesson2/remigio2.htm
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Cimbrian language, alphabet and pronunciation (206 words)
Cimbrian is a Germanic language spoken by about 2,230 people in northeast Italy in the Sette and Tredici Comuni (Sieben and Dreizehn Gemainde) south of Trent, in some towns of Giazza (Glietzen, Ljetzen), Roana (Rabam), Lusern and in Venetia Province.
Cimbrian is taught in primary schools, but it is in danger of becoming extinct because it is being displaced by the neighbouring Venetian language, which is increasingly used as a domestic language and by Italian, which is used in public.
Local legends attribute the modern Cimbrians' lineage to the Cimbrian marauders that the Roman general Gaius Marius defeated in 102 BC at Campi Raudii, near Vercelli, however it is more probable that today's Cimbrians are descended from Lombard invaders, who invaded Northen Italy in 588 AD.
Cimbrian language (118 words)
Cimbrian is related to Austro-Bavarian and is sometimes classified as a Southern Bavarian dialect.
The three major dialects of Cimbrian are spoken in the "Sieben Gemeinden" (Sette Comuni) near Asiago[?]; the "13 Gemeinden" (13 Comuni), near Verona; and near Luserne[?].
This area was settled in about the year 1000 by people coming from Tyrol, and since then it was isolated from other German speaking areas, politically and linguistically.
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