Monégasque (or Munegascu) is a Romance language based on Zeneize, the modern Ligurian language; it is spoken in Monaco and taught in schools there. It is rather similar to language spoken in Genoa, and is different from its neighbour languages Intemelian and Mentonasque. It has been strongly influenced by Occitan. The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ... The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times and into the Roman era by an ancient people of north-western Italy and south-eastern France known as the Liguri. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova (jeno-vah), Genoese Zena (zaynah), French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of Liguria. ... OC redirects here. ...
Monegasque orthography generally follows Italian principles, with the following exceptions: The orthography of a language is the set of rules of how to write correctly in the writing system of a language. ...
the ü is pronounced as in German, or as the French u.
the œ is pronounced as the French é, and not like the French œu as in bœuf, which is how œ is pronounced in Ligurian, which also uses the form ö to stand for this sound.
the ç is pronounced as in French (/s/): tradiçiùn comes from the French tradition and not from the Italian tradizione.
Ligurian may mean one of several things: Pertaining to the ancient Ligures Pertaining to modern Liguria Ligurian language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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