| Intemelio | |
|---|---|
| intemelio | |
| Native to | Monaco, France, Italy |
Native speakers | (undated figure of approximately 10,000[citation needed]) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | (Imperia) 51-AAA-ohb (Imperia) |
Intemelio is a Ligurian dialect spoken historically from thePrincipality of Monaco to theItalian province ofImperia.
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Since theRenaissance theLigurian language was spoken in all the territories of theRepublic of Genoa; in the western area of the Republic one of its groups (spoken mainly on the coast between Monaco andSanremo) was calledIntemelio and was centered onVentimiglia.[1]
In the actual Italian area of Ventimiglia there is the most renownedIntemelio: the "Ventimigliese", that stretches from the coast untilPiedmont.[citation needed]
TheRoyasc dialect is connected to the "Ventimigliese", as a mountainous version of theIntemelio that has someOccitan influences.[citation needed]
InSanremo the local intemelio dialect is heavily influenced by theGenoese dialect.[citation needed]
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Intemelio is used by nearly 10,000 people in the area ofVentimiglia of theprovince of Imperia, but other 40,000 are able to understand it and speak a few sentences of this dialect in westernLiguria.[citation needed]
A few thousand speak fluently the local variants of Intemelio inFrance andMonaco:Monegasque, andBrigasc.[citation needed]
The Ligurian area ofSeborga speaks the "Ventimigliese" dialectIntemelio and the so-calledPrincipality of Seborga considered the possibility of using this dialect as the official language.[2]
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