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Friulian

Friulian

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A language spoken in the Friuli area of northeast Italy with its own grammar and words
  • noun
: friulano

Examples

  • Striped sky now, white and azure, toward the Friulian Alps: the violent winds of the "bora" are returning.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • For example, Fabbro (2001) conducted a study that assessed the language recovery patterns of 20 Friulian-Italian individuals with aphasia.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The Friulian language is an important part of the cultural heritage in northeastern Italy.

  • Many local festivals feature traditional Friulian music and dances to celebrate regional identity.

  • Students in Friuli often learn the Friulian language alongside Italian in school.

Synonyms

Friuli
vsFriulian
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A language spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy

is viewed as a full language rather than a local dialect

Surface Forms

Friulian singular
Friulians plural

Morphology

Friulian = Friuli (transparent) = Friuli + ian

Formed from the place name 'Friuli' plus the relational/demonym suffix '-ian', so the relation to the place and the meaning 'of or relating to Friuli (the language or people)' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Friulian comes from the place name Friuli, a region in northeastern Italy. Friuli itself comes from the old Latin name Forum Iulii, which means 'market of Julius'. So Friulian simply means the language 'from Friuli', a local Romance language related to Italian.