itagliano

A corruption of italiano, where standard /lj/ became [ʎ], a distinct Italian phoneme that is spelled -gli- before vowels.

• IPA^(key): /i.taʎˈʎa.no/

itagliano (feminine singular itagliana, masculine plural itagliani, feminine plural itagliane)

1. (chiefly northern Italy) Misspelling of italiano.

It is mostly found in some Northern spoken varieties in which the standard /l/ is quite palatalised when followed by /i/ or /j/. In the written language this form mostly surfaces in primary school children and it is not considered an acceptable rendering of the word, despite being a regular rendering of a common pronunciation.

itagliano m (plural itagliani, feminine itagliana)

1. (chiefly northern Italy) Misspelling of italiano.
2. (humorous, informal, derogatory, masculine singular only) Ungrammatical or misspelled Italian language.