Vallassinese is variety of the

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 Vallassina valley of Italy (about 6,000 speakers). It belongs to the

Comasco-Lecchese The group of dialects Comasco-Lecchese is part of the Western Lombard language and is spoken in the province of Como and province of Lecco in Italy, especially around the capital cities and north of them. In other parts of this provinces, other ...

group and it has many subdialects.

Asso Asso ( Valassinese ) is an Italian ''comune'' in the province of Como, in Lombardy, Italy. It has 3,524 citizens and an area of , with a density of . Main sights Significant historic buildings are: * the castle, built in the 12th century; nowada ...

subdialect resembles to Canzés ( Brianzoeu group), but it has some characteristics from

Valbrona Valbrona ( Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Ita ...

dialect.

subdialect has influences from

Lecchese Lecchese is a dialect of Western Lombard language spoken in the city and suburbs of Lecco (Lombardy). Characteristics It has the characteristic, in contrast with the other Comasco-Lecchese dialects, to be influenced by Brianzöö, Valsassines ...

(

group) In Sormano,

Caglio Caglio (Valassina, Valassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 404 and an ...

, Rezzago there are influences from dialect of ''Pian del Tivano'' (north), which has isolated characteristics (like the presence of ''ò'' instead of stressed ''a'' in all closed syllables, phenomenon that you can sometimes see in Northern Brianzoeu but only in syllables closed by ''l'') and from Laghée. In

Lasnigo Lasnigo ( Valassinese ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 401 and an area of 5.6 k ...

Barni Barni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is located around north of Milan and about northeast of Como. Barni borders the following municipalities: Lasnigo, Magreglio, Oliveto Lario Olive ...

Magreglio Magreglio ( Valassinese ) is a small town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy. Twin towns * Friedberg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and ...

and

Civenna Civenna (, locally ''Sciuvenna'' ) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Bellagio in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como Como (, ; , or ; ) i ...

there are influences from Laghée.

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