Central Italian

Central Italian
italiano centrale
Native to	Italy
Region	Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo
Native speakers	approx. 5 million (date missing)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Dalmatian (Italian) Central Italian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	51-AAA-ra ... -rba
Central italian

Central Italian (italiano centrale or mediano) is a group of Italo-Dalmatian Romance dialects spoken in central Italy in Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo. The differences between these dialects are slight. They are closely related to Tuscan and all are mutually intelligible with each other as well as with Standard Italian. They are the Italian dialects not affected by substrata.

The following dialects are part of Central Italian:

• Marchigiano (central part of Marche)
• Umbrian dialects (Umbria)
• Sabino (L'Aquila and Province of Rieti)
• Tuscia dialect (Tuscia, northern part of Latium)
• Romanesco (Rome)
• Castelli Romani dialect (Castelli Romani)
• Ciociaro (Ciociaria, southern part of Latium)

See also

• Languages of Italy

External links

• Pellegrini's map