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Encyclopedia > Insubric grammar

General characteristics of Insubric grammar

The phonetical characteristics of Insubric language are the halving of consonants, the voicing of intervocalic consonants, the transformation of Latin "u" into Insubric "ü", Latin short "o" into "ö", partial trasformation of long "o" into "u", the falling of final vowels except "a", apocope of Latin desinence "re" of infinitive, desinence "i" for 1st person, partial falling of intervocalic "d", partial transformation of "a" into "o" when followed by "l" and another consonant, the transformation of Latin groups "pl", "bl", "fl", "gl" into "pi", "bi", "fi", "gi" and of group "ct" into "c'", the nasalization of vowels followed by "n" or its transformation into a velar nasal, the falling of final "l" and "r" when followed by a long vowel, the distinction of vowel length, the partial transformation of intervocalic "l" into "r". Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Insubric (or Western Lombard for its collocation in Lombardy region) is officially a Lombard language variety spoken in Italy and Switzerland (Canton Ticino), but its so different from Orobic (or Eastern Lombard), that its often considered as another language. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...


Morphology.


Syntax.


Subdivision

Insubric grammar has some geographical mutation. The main sections can be:

  • Milanese, Bustocco-Legnanese and Southwestern Lombard grammar
  • Comasco-Lecchese, Ticinese and Brianzoeu grammar
  • Alpine Lombard grammar

Biography

Andrea Rognoni, Grammatica dei Dialetti della Lombardia, Oscar Mondadori



 

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