
The Società filologica friulana (''Friulian Philological Society'') is an association whose aim is to safeguard the
Friulian language
Friulian ( ) or Friulan (natively or ; ; ; ) is a Romance languages, Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance family. Friulian is spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy and has around 600,000 speake ...
and
culture
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...
, established in
Gorizia
Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, Region ...
on 23 November 1919.
The founders were some representatives of Friulian culture, such as Giovanni Lorenzoni (who was its first president), Bindo Chiurlo, Ugo Pellis, Ercole Carletti. It was named after the glottologist from Gorizia
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli (; 16 July 1829 – 21 January 1907) was an Italian linguist.
Life and work
Ascoli was born in an Italian-speaking Jewish family in the multiethnic town of Gorizia, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Italy). Alrea ...
, who founded the studies of
dialectology
Dialectology (from Ancient Greek, Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logy, -logia'') is the scientific study of dialects: subsets of languages. Though in the 19th century a branch of historical linguistics, dialectology is often now c ...
in Italy and who was the first to scientifically describe the
Friulian language
Friulian ( ) or Friulan (natively or ; ; ; ) is a Romance languages, Romance language belonging to the Rhaeto-Romance languages, Rhaeto-Romance family. Friulian is spoken in the Friuli region of northeastern Italy and has around 600,000 speake ...
in the inaugural issue of the journal ''
Archivio glottologico italiano''. The company was recognized as a non-profit organization in 1936.
Its purposes, according to the statute, are the promotion of the Friulian language and the protection of its linguistic minority, the study and knowledge of the Friulian culture in its various aspects (
philology
Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...
),
literature
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,
history
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,
history of art
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,
music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
, entertainment), the protection of Friulian cultural heritage and the promotion of knowledge of minority languages and cultures in general.
The association brings together several thousand members and cultivates relationships and cultural exchanges with other associations, organizations and universities. It contributed to the creation of the Italian Linguistic Atlas (''Atlante linguistico italiano'') and the Friulian Historical Linguistic Ethnographic Atlas (''Atlante storico linguistico etnografico friulano'').
It is headquartered in
Udine
Udine ( ; ; ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps. It is the capital of the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity ...
, with branch offices also in
Gorizia
Gorizia (; ; , ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia, Region ...
(eastern Friuli),
Pordenone
Pordenone (; Venetian language, Venetian and ) is a city and (municipality) in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the capital of the Province of Pordenone, Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone.
The name comes from Lati ...
(western Friuli) and
Tolmezzo
Tolmezzo (; ; archaic or ) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Udine, Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy.
Geography
Tolmezzo is located at the foot o ...
(
Carnia
Carnia ( or ''Cjargna''/''Cjargno'' in local variants, , , ) is a historical-geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli. Its 27 municipalities all belong to the province of Udine, which itself is part of the autonomous Friuli- ...
).
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