Central Italian

Central Italian (italiano centrale or mediano) is a group of Italo-Dalmatian Romance lects spoken in central Italy in Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo. The differences between these dialects are slight, mainly in inflection and stress of certain words.

Central Italian
italiano centrale
Native to	Italy
Region	Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo
Native speakers	~3,000,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Italo-Dalmatian Italian Central Italian
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
Linguasphere	51-AAA-ra ... -rba
Central Italian dialects[2][3][4][5]   Anconitano   Marchigiano   Northern Umbrian   Viterbese   South Umbrian   Central-Northern Lazian   Romanesco   Sabino

Central Italian dialects are closely related to and mutually intelligible with Tuscan, on which Standard Italian was based. Although a few isoglosses cross the area, no firm demarcating lines have been established between them, effectively making them a one wider dialect continuum.

The following dialects are part of the Central Italian group:

• Marchigiano (central part of Marche)
• Umbrian dialects (Umbria)
• Sabino (L'Aquila and Province of Rieti)
• Tuscia dialect (Tuscia, northern part of Latium)
• Romanesco (Metropolitan City of Rome Capital)
• Castelli Romani dialect (Castelli Romani)
• Ciociaro (Ciociaria, southern part of Latium)