Lecchese is a dialect of
Western Lombard language
Western Lombard is a group of varieties of the Lombard language, a Romance language of the Gallo-Italic languages, Gallo-Italic subgroup. It is spoken primarily in Italy and Switzerland. Within Italy, it is prevalent in the Lombard provinces of P ...
spoken in the city and suburbs of
Lecco
Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...
(
Lombardy
The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
).
Characteristics
It has the characteristic, in contrast with the other
Comasco-Lecchese dialects, to be influenced by
Brianzöö,
Valsassinese,
Valtellinese and
Bergamasque
The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy.
Bergamasque has official status in the p ...
(an
Eastern Lombard
Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic language
spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are ...
variety spoken in and around the city of
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...
).
Grammar
In the use of ''vergót'' (coming from
Eastern Lombard
Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic language
spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are ...
) instead of
Comasco ''quajcòss'' (="something"). Another characteristic is the presence of close "e" instead of "i", and of close "o" instead of "u"; the use of
suffixes "-om", "-on" instead of "-amm", "-ã"; the use of suffix "-én" instead of "-ĩ"; the use of article "ul".
See also
*
Lombard language
The Lombard language (,Classical Milanese orthography, and . ,Ticino, Ticinese orthography. Modern Western orthography and Classical Cremish Orthography. or ,Eastern Lombard, Eastern unified orthography. depending on the orthography; pronuncia ...
References
Bibliography
* Andrea Rognoni, ''Grammatica dei dialetti della Lombardia'',
Oscar Mondadori, 2005.
* Amanzio Aondio - Felice Bassani, ''Passato da ricordare'', Cattaneo Editore Oggiono - Lecco, 1990.
{{Languages of Italy
Western Lombard language