NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Insubric writers

This is a list of some writer in Western Lombard or Insubric language. Western Lombard is a Lombard language spoken in Italy, in Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como, Lecco, Sondrio, little part of Cremona (Crema and neighbors), Lodi and Pavia, and Piedmont provinces of Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and little part of Vercelli (Valsesia), and Switzerland (Canton Ticino and part of...

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Western Lombard

Dialects and group of dialects: Milanese (milanes, milanÃ©es, meneghin, meneghÃ¬n) is a variety of Western Lombard spoken in the city of Milan and in its province. ... Western Lombard is a Lombard language spoken in Italy, in Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como, Lecco, Sondrio, little part of Cremona (Crema and neighbors), Lodi and Pavia, and Piedmont provinces of Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and little part of Vercelli (Valsesia), and Switzerland (Canton Ticino and part of...

Milanese or Meneghin • Bustocco and Legnanese • Brianzöö or Brianzoeu (Canzés, Canturino, Monzese) • Comasco-Lecchese (Comasco, Laghée, Intelvese, Vallassinese, Lecchese) • Ticinese (Ossolano) • Varesino or Bosin • Southwestern Lombard (Pavese, Lodigiano, Nuaresat, Cremunéez) • Intermediate Western-Eastern Lombard dialects: Alpine Lombard (Valtellinese, Chiavennasco) • Gergos: Spasell Milanese (milanes, milanÃ©es, meneghin, meneghÃ¬n) is a variety of Western Lombard spoken in the city of Milan and in its province. ... Bustocco and Legnanese are two similar dialects of Insubric language, spoken in the areas of Busto Arsizio (Province of Varese) and Legnano (Province of Milan). ... ... CanzÃ©s is a variety of BrianzÃ¶Ã¶ spoken in the commune of Canz, Italy. ... The group of dialects Comasco-Lecchese of Insubric language is spoken in parts of province of Como and province of Lecco, especially around the capital cities and north of them. ... Comasco is a Western Lombard dialect spoken in the city and suburbs of Como. ... Vallassinese is a dialect of Insubric language spoken in Vallassina valley (about 6,000 speakers). ... Ticinese (ticines, ticinées) is a common denomination for Lombard language varieties spoken in Canton Ticino (Tessin). ... CremunÃ©ez is a dialect of Insubric language spoken in the city and province of Cremona (Lombardy) excepting the district of Crema (there an Orobic dialect is spoken). ... Eastern Lombard (sometimes also called Orobic) is a group of dialects spoken in the eastern side of Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua and in the area around Crema. ... Spasell is a dialect, a code or a gergo, of Insubric language, spoken until XIX century by inhabitants of Vallassina, when they went out from the valley for businness and they didnt want to be understood by the people. ...

Literature:

Insubric literature • Insubric writers (Bonvesin de la Riva, Carlo Maria Maggi, Carlo Porta, Giuseppe Parini, Giuseppe Bossi, Alessandro Manzoni, Tommaso Grossi, Delio Tessa) This article is about literature in Insubric language. ... Bonvesin de la Riva (sometimes spelt Bonvesino or Buonvicino) (born c. ... Statue of Carlo Porta. ... Giuseppe Parini (Bosisio, now in Lecco province, May 23, 1729 - Milan, 1799) was an Italian satirist and poet. ... Giuseppe Bossi. ... Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (March 7, 1785–May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. ... Tommaso Grossi (January 20, 1791 - December 10, 1853), Lombard poet and novelist, was born at Bellano, on the Lake of Como. ... Delio Tessa (1886 - 1939) was an Italian poet from Milan. ...

Grammar:

Insubric grammar (Milanese, Bustocco-Legnanese and Southwestern Lombard grammar, Comasco-Lecchese, Ticinese and Brianzoeu grammar, Alpine Lombard grammar) • Orthography (Classical Milanese orthography, Alternative Insubric orthographies) • Other (Plural inflection in Western Lombard) The phonetical characteristics of Insubric language are the halving of consonants, the voicing of intervocalic consonants, the transformation of Latin u into Insubric Ã¼, Latin short o into Ã¶, partial trasformation of long o into u, the falling of final vowels except a, apocope of Latin desinence re of infinitive, desinence i... The classical Milanese orthography is the orthography used for the Insubric language, in particular for Milanese dialect, from the major poets and writers of this literature, such as Carlo Porta, Carlo Maria Maggi, Delio Tessa etc. ... This is a prospect of Insubric language orthographies others then classical Milanese one. ... The general lines of diachronics of Western Lombard plural declension are drawn here (referring to Milanese orthography): The bulk of feminine words ends with desinence -a; plural feminine is adesinential. ...