Brigasc dialect

Brigasc
Brigasc
Native to Italy, France
Native speakers
 approximately 1,000
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog None
Linguasphere 51-AAA-og

Brigasc is a dialect of the Ligurian language. It is spoken in Italy and France.

Area of use

The Brigasc dialect is spoken in La Brigue (France) and Briga Alta (Italy) and some villages of the communes of Ormea and Triora. It is very close to Royasc dialect.

History

During the Renaissance the Ligurian language was spoken in all the territories of the Republic of Genoa: in the western area of this republic one of its groups (spoken mainly in the area between the Principality of Monaco and Sanremo) was called Intemelio.

The language spoken in the mountains around Briga was called Brigasc and received some influence from the Occitan language.[1][2][3]

Tenda is one of the alpine areas where Brigasc is still spoken

Some words in Brigasc

Occitan[4]BrigascLigurianItalian
labrenalabrena / cansëneštrsalamandrasalamandra
lhauçjlaus o žlauslampulampo
besson, gemelbinèebinélugemello
grollacausée/cuuséescarpascarpa
faudilh, faudalfudìiscussàgrembiule
renrenninte - niènniente
quauquarrencücrencuarcosa - carcosaqualcosa
luenhlögnluntànlontano
a raitzarèdu tüttucompletamente
Deineal, ChalendasDëneàanatale - neàNatale
bealerabeàa/bearerabéucanaletto
agulhaagüglia/agüyaaguggiaago
maiciü - maiciüpiù
c(l)han, pl(h)anciancianpiano
fl(h)orsciu(u)sciùafiore
cl(h)auciauciavechiave
uelhögl/öyöggiuocchio
pontpontpunteponte
pòrcporcporcumaiale
muralha, murmuragnmeàiamuro
escobadëvìaspasùiascopa
sentièrdërairasentésentiero
fea, feiafeapéguapecora
abelhaabeglia/abeyaavaape
aretarémutòn/muntunmontone
volp, rainardvurp / rinardgurpevolpe
singlarsëngriéecinghialecinghiale
ruaaruàburgàborgata
femna, molherfemnamuié/donamoglie
òmeommaìumarito
marrit, chaitiumarìgramucattivo

See also

References

  1. ↑ Werner Forner, "À propos du Ligurien Intémélien. La côte, l'arrière-pays", in Travaux du Cercle Linguistique de Nice, 7-8 (1985-1986), pp. 29-61; Werner Forner, "Areallinguistik I: Ligurien", in Lexikon der Romanistischen Linguistik (LRL), IV, Tübingen 1988, pp. 453-469 ; Werner Forner, "Géographie linguistique et reconstruction, à l'exemple du ligurien intémélien", in Actes du I Colloque International sur l'ancien provençal, l'ancien français et l'ancien ligurien, Nice sept. 1986 ("Bulletin du Centre de Romanistique et de Latinité Tardive"), Nice 1989, pp. 125-140; Werner Forner, "Fra Costa Azurra e Riviera: tre lingue in contatto", in V. Orioles, Fiorenzo Toso (a cura di), Circolazioni linguistiche e culturali nello spazio mediterraneo. Miscellanea di studi, Recco 2008, pp. 65-90.
  2. ↑ Jean-Philippe Dalbera, Les parlers des Alpes-Maritimes. Étude comparative. Essai de reconstruction. London 1994, Pubblicazione dell'Association Internationale d'Études Occitanes.
  3. ↑ Giulia Petracco Sicardi, E. Azaretti, "Studi linguistici sull'anfizona Liguria-Provenza", in Dizionario Etimologico Storico Ligure, Alessandria 1989, a pp. 11-62, di Giulia Petracco Sicardi, "Contributo alla definizione dell'anfizona Liguria-Provenza".
  4. ↑ Lorenzo Artusio, Piermarco Audisio, Gianni Giraudo, Eliano Macario, Disiounari Ousitan Roubilant - Roucavioun

Bibliography

  • Fiorenzo Toso, Il brigasco e l'olivettese tra classificazione scientifica e manipolazioni politico-amministrative, in Intemelion. Cultura e territorio – Quaderno annuale di studi storici dell'Accademia di cultura intemelia, n. 14, anno 2008; website online (in Italian)
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