Central Piedmontese

E548591

Central Piedmontese is the main variety of the Piedmontese language spoken in the central area of Italy’s Piedmont region, serving as a reference dialect for the language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Piedmontese canonical 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallo‑Italic variety
Italo‑Romance lect
Piedmontese dialect
closelyRelatedTo Eastern Piedmontese
Western Piedmontese
coreArea central Piedmont
country Italy
distinctFrom Alpine Piedmontese varieties
linked to: Cuneese Piedmontese
hasFeature distinctive lexical items compared to Eastern Piedmontese
distinctive lexical items compared to Western Piedmontese
palatalization of Latin consonant clusters
use of clitic subject pronouns
vowel reduction in unstressed syllables
influencedBy French
Italian language
Occitan
ISO639Status covered by Piedmontese [pms]
languageBranch Gallo‑Italic languages
languageFamily Italo‑Romance languages
Romance languages
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other major Piedmontese varieties
partOf Piedmontese language
linked to: Piedmontese
referenceVarietyFor Piedmontese language
linked to: Piedmontese
region Piedmont
servesAs standard reference dialect of Piedmontese
spokenIn Alessandria area
linked to: Alessandria

Asti area
linked to: Asti

Cuneo area (central‑northern part)
Turin metropolitan area
status non‑official regional variety
subdivisionOf Piedmontese language
linked to: Piedmontese
typicalOf urban speech of Turin
usedAsBasisFor Piedmontese dictionaries
Piedmontese teaching materials
grammatical descriptions of Piedmontese
usedIn Piedmontese literature
Piedmontese theatre
local media in central Piedmont
usesOrthography standard Piedmontese orthography
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alessandrino Piedmontese closelyRelatedTo Central Piedmontese
Southern Piedmontese closelyRelatedTo Central Piedmontese