For the Germanic tribe fighting Rome in the Cimbrian War between 113 and 101 BC, see Cimbri.
Cimbrian
zimbar, tzimbar, tzimbris
Native to
Italy
Native speakers
400 (2000)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
Germanic
West Germanic
Elbe Germanic
Upper German
Bavarian
Southern
Cimbrian
Official status
Recognised minority language in
Italy
Trentino
Language codes
ISO 639-3
cim
Glottolog
cimb1238
ELP
Cimbrian
Historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian dialects.
Cimbrian (Cimbrian: zimbar, IPA:[ˈt͡simbɐr]; German: Zimbrisch; Italian: cimbro) is any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in parts of the Italian regions of Trentino and Veneto. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern in German.
Cimbrian is a Germanic language related to Bavarian most probably deriving from a Southern Bavarian dialect. It is also related to the Mòcheno language. Its many essential differences in grammar as well as in vocabulary and pronunciation make it practically unintelligible for people speaking Standard German. Even many people speaking Bavarian have problems. The use of Italian throughout the country and the influence of nearby Venetian have both had large effects on the number of speakers of Cimbrian throughout past centuries. This effect has been large enough to cause Cimbrian to be deemed an endangered language.
^"UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
Trentino and Veneto. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern in German. Cimbrian is a Germanic language related to Bavarian most probably deriving...
The Sette Comuni (Cimbrian: Siben Komoin, German: Sieben Gemeinden) are seven comuni that formed a Cimbrian enclave in the Veneto region of north-east...
The Cimbrian or Cimbric War (113–101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones...
dialect of the Germanic language, to be their first language. The Cimbrian spoken in Lusérn is a slightly different dialect from Cimbrian spoken elsewhere....
Sorica (Zarz) and Nemški Rovt (Deutsch Ruth). The Cimbrianlanguage still spoken in several language-islands in north-eastern Italy (Friuli, Veneto and...
Thirteen Communities, a group of villages which historically speak the Cimbrianlanguage. Bosco Chiesanuova borders the following municipalities: Ala, Cerro...
German (includes Alsatian and Swiss German) Bavarian Mòcheno language Cimbrian Hutterite German Yiddish High Franconian (a transitional dialect between...
[ˈtrento] or [ˈtrɛnto]; Ladin and Lombard: Trent; German: Trient [tʁiˈɛnt] ; Cimbrian: Tria; Mócheno: Trea't; Latin: Tridentum), also known in English as Trent...
called the Cimbrian peninsula. There is no direct evidence for the language they spoke, though some scholars argue that it was a Germanic language, while...
The town Giazza (Ljetzan in cimbrianlanguage, Jassa /'jasa/ in Western Venetian) is a frazione of the comune of Selva di Progno, in the Province of Verona...
in which the affricate /k͡x/ has been preserved in all positions, e.g. Cimbrian khòan [ˈk͡xoːən] 'not any' (cf. German kein). In High Alemannic, only the...
branches, such as Cimbrian (Germanic), Arbëresh (Albanian), Slavomolisano (Slavic) and Griko (Greek). Other non-indigenous languages are spoken by a substantial...
German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏ̯t͡ʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It...
Aviano (Friulian: Davian; Cimbrian: Pleif) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone at the foot of the...
(subscription required) German dialect, Cimbrian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) "Main language (detailed)". Office for National Statistics...
Southern Bavarian, including Mócheno in Trentino, Italy Gottscheerish Cimbrian, nearly extinct Hutterite German (in Canada and the United States) Lombardic...
(including Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, and Bolzano, Italy) Mócheno Cimbrian Central German languages West Central German Amana German Ripuarian Franconian Moselle...
(Vlarötz), while the Cimbrianlanguage is spoken in Luserna (Lusérn). The 2001 census found there were 2,276 native Mócheno and 882 Cimbrian speakers. The linguistic...
Tresché Conca. It is one of the Sette Comuni Vicentini where the Cimbrianlanguage was traditionally spoken. In Roana is the Istituto di Cultura Cimbra...
"well" and the Cimbrian element er- "from"/"of the". Derives from Fugazzer and Brandeller, being a mix of Venetian language and Cimbrianlanguage. The territories...
Friuli. It is however not closely related to the Germanic Cimbrianlanguage spoken in other language islands in Trentino and Veneto. The German name of the...
language is also spoken outside the region in Souramont (Province of Belluno). Ladin is considered a Rhaeto-Romance language. The Cimbrianlanguage is...
Franco-Provençal); the Rhaeto-Romance languages (Friulian and Ladin); the Ibero-Romance languages (Sardinia's Algherese); the Germanic Cimbrian, Southern Bavarian, Walser...
language and era, including German: Jütland [ˈjyːtlant] ; Old English: Ēota land [ˈeːotɑˌlɑnd], known anciently as the Cimbric Peninsula or Cimbrian Peninsula...
the French conducted two censuses and studied the spread of the Cimbrianlanguage, ascertaining that it was still spoken in Selva di Progno, Campofontana...
Central Bavarian Central German Central Thuringian Chemnitz dialect Cimbrianlanguage Colonia Tovar dialect Duisburg dialect East Central German East Franconian...
Reutte; In Italy in South Tyrol and a handful of linguistic enclaves of Cimbrian and Carnic people in Northern Italy; In Switzerland, it is spoken in the...
south of Brazil, especially to the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Cimbri Cimbrianlanguage Sette Comuni "Origine del cognome / Origem do sobrenome". SegaWiki...
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