Northern Italian dialects

Northern Italian (traditional name in Romance linguistics) or Padanian (recent name) or Cisalpine (rare name) is a linguistic set with different definitions. It can be viewed: as a Romance language (according to linguist Geoffrey Hull)as a sub-family composed of several regional Romance languages (according to regional activists)as a group of Italian dialects (according to traditional Romance linguistics). It is spoken in Northern Italy, Southern Switzerland, San Marino, Monaco and Western Istria (Croatia, Slovenia). The area where Northern Italian is spoken roughly corresponds to Northern Italy or Padania.
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