Monégasque language
Monégasque (natively
Munegascu) is a
Romance language related to Modern
Ligurian. It is the national language of
Monaco and is taught in schools there. It is rather similar to the language spoken in
Genoa, but differs from its neighbour languages
Intemelian and
Mentonasque. It has been strongly influenced by
Occitan.
Monegasque
orthography generally follows
Italian principles, with the following exceptions:
* the
ü is pronounced as in
German, or as the French
u.
* the
œ is pronounced as the French
é, and not like the French
œu as in
bœuf, which is how
œ is pronounced in
Ligurian, which also uses the character
ö to represent this sound.
* the
ç is pronounced as in the French ç :
tradiçiùn comes from the French
tradition , and not from the Italian
tradizione.
Monégasque now has a flourishing literature.
*
Italian dialects*
European languages
