Friulian (furlan/marilenghe)

Friulian is a Romance language with about 526,000 speakers in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-east Italy. There are Friulian speakers in the provinces of province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia and Trieste. Friulian is also know as eastern Ladin and is closely related to Ladin.

Until the 1960s, the Friulian-speaking areas were very poor and many Friulians emigrated to France, Belgium, and Switzerland, and also to Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, the USA and South Africa.

Friulian started to appear in writing during the 11th century, and there is Friulian literature and poetry dating back to the early 14th century. In the 20th century there was a revival of interest in the language. It is taught in some schools and used, to a limited extent, in the media.

Friulian alphabet
A a	B b	C c	D d	E e	F f	G g	H h	I i	J j	L l	M m
a	bi	ci	di	e	effe	gi	acca	i	i lunga	elle	emme
N n	O o	P p	Q q	R r	S s	T t	U u	V v	X x	Z z
enne	o	pi	cu	erre	esse	ti	u	vi	ics	zeta

Friulian pronunciation

Source: http://www.geocities.com/rpontisso/alphabet.html

Sample text in Friulian

Ducj i oms a nassin libars e compagns come dignitât e derits. A an sintiment e cussience e bisugne che si tratin un culaltri come fradis.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Useful phrases in Friulian

Links

Information about the Friulian language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friulian_language

An introduction to Friulian
http://www.geocities.com/rpontisso/furlan.html

Online Friulian course
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/union/1702/course.html

Online Friulian magazines
http://www.lenghe.net
http://www.friul.net

Related languages

Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, French, Friulian, Galician, Genoese, Italian, Jèrriais, Latin, Lombard, Mirandese, Moldovan, Occitan, Piedmontese, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Sardinian, Sicilian, Spanish, Venetian, Walloon

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

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