Italiano standard · Tuscan-based
The national standard of Italy, historically based on Florentine Tuscan. The reference variety in education and national media.
Romanesco
Also known as: Roman Italian
The Italian of Rome. A Central Italian variety widely heard through national cinema and television, occupying a middle position between Tuscan and Southern varieties.
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Frequently asked questions
What language is Romanesco?
Romanesco is a dialect of the Italian language.
Where is Romanesco spoken?
Romanesco is primarily spoken in Italy.
Which region is Romanesco associated with?
Romanesco is part of the Europe region on DialectAtlas.
Is Romanesco known by other names?
Yes — Romanesco is also referred to as Roman Italian.
What are the other dialects of Italian?
Italian also includes Standard Italian, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Venetian, Lombard, Sardinian. Each variety has its own vocabulary, pronunciation, and cultural context.
Other Italian dialects
See on the atlas →Napulitano
The variety of Naples and surrounding Campania. Often classified as a distinct Italo-Romance language; a major literary and operatic medium.
Sicilianu
The variety of Sicily, often counted as a separate Italo-Romance language. Carries strong Greek, Arabic, Norman, and Spanish influences from the island's history.
Vèneto
The Romance variety of the Veneto region. Linguistically distinct enough from Italian that many linguists classify it as a separate language.
Lombardo
The Gallo-Italic variety of Lombardy and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Internally split between Western (Milan) and Eastern (Bergamo) groupings.
Sardu
The Romance variety of Sardinia. The most conservative Romance language, often cited as the closest living variety to Latin in several phonological respects.
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The variety of Naples and surrounding Campania. Often classified as a distinct Italo-Romance language; a major literary and operatic medium.
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The national standard of Italy, historically based on Florentine Tuscan. The reference variety in education and national media.
353 km away
The Romance variety of Sardinia. The most conservative Romance language, often cited as the closest living variety to Latin in several phonological respects.
368 km away
A South Slavic dialect group of the Adriatic coast and islands of Croatia, named for its pronoun "ča". Older than Štokavian and the medium of significant medieval Croatian literature.
380 km away
The Catalan minority variety of Alghero on the island of Sardinia, rooted in medieval Catalan settlement and long separated from the main Catalan-speaking territories. It survives as a local heritage language in intense contact with Italian and Sardinian.
386 km away
An extinct Romance language of the eastern Adriatic coast, intermediate between Italo-Romance and Eastern Romance. Its last dialect, Vegliote of the island of Krk, died with Tuone Udaina in 1898, a year after Matteo Bartoli recorded around 2,800 words from him.