The group of dialects Comasco-Lecchese is part 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 ...
and is spoken in the
province of Como
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and
province of Lecco
The province of Lecco (; Lecchese: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.
As of 2017, the province had a population of 337,211 on a surface of divided into 85 ''comuni'' (: ''com ...
in
Italy
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, especially around the capital cities and north of them. In other parts of this provinces, other Western Lombard varieties are spoken (
Brianzoeu,
Bustocco and Legnanese dialects
Bustocco and Legnanese (natively and ) are two dialects of Western Lombard, spoken respectively in the cities of Busto Arsizio (Province of Varese) and Legnano (Province of Milan), Lombardy.
Although there is little evidence of Ligurian settle ...
).
The most important dialects are:
*
Comasco dialect (spoken in the city and suburbs of
Como
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)
*Intelvese dialect (spoken in )
*
Laghée dialect (spoken on the
lake coast north to the city)
*
Lecchese dialect (spoken in the city and suburbs of
Lecco
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)
*
Vallassinese dialect (spoken in the
Vallassìna valley)
*Valsassinese dialect (spoken in the
Valsàssina valley)
References
Western Lombard language
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