Brigasc dialect

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.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.Jean-Philippe Dalbera, Les parlers des Alpes-Maritimes. Étude comparative. Essai de reconstruction. London 1994, Pubblicazione dell'Association Internationale d'Études Occitanes.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".

Some words in Brigasc OccitanLorenzo Artusio, Piermarco Audisio, Gianni Giraudo, Eliano Macario, Disiounari Ousitan Roubilant - Roucavioun Brigasc Ligurian Italian English salamander flash twin shoe nothing quauquarren something luenh far a raitz arè du tüttu completamente totally Deineal, Chalendas Dëneàa Natale - Neà - Denâ Natale Christmas bealera beàa/bearera béu canaletto agulha agüglia/agüya aguggia ago needle mai ciü - mai ciü più more c(l)han, pl(h)an cian ciàn piano fl(h)or sciu(u) sciùa fiore flower cl(h)au ciau ciave chiave key uelh ögl/öy öggiu occhio eye pont pont punte ponte bridge pòrc porc porcu maiale pig muralha, mur muragn meàia/miâgia muro wall escoba dëvìa spasùia/spasuìa scopa broom sentièr dëraira senté sentiero path fea, feia fea pégua pecora sheep abelha abeglia/abeya ava/avia ape bee aret aré mutòn/muntun montone ram volp, rainard vurp / rinard gurpe/vurpe volpe fox singlar sëngriée cinghiale cinghiale boar ruaa ruà burgà borgata femna, molher femna muié/mugê/dona moglie woman òme om maìu/mâiu marito husband marrit, chaitiu marì gramu cattivo

Brigasc dialect

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