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The grave accent ( ̀) (/ ɡ r eɪ v / GRAYV [1] [2] or / ɡ r ɑː v / GRAHV [1] [2]) is a diacritical mark used to varying degrees in French, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan and many other western European languages as well as for a few unusual uses in English.
Though limited, the following diacritical marks in English may be encountered, particularly for marking in poetry: [5] the acute accent (née) and grave accent (English poetry marking, changèd), modifying vowels or marking stresses; the circumflex (entrepôt), borrowed from French; the diaeresis (Zoë), indicating a second syllable in two ...
Ligurian (/ l ɪ ˈ ɡ j ʊər i ə n / lig-YOOR-ee-ən; [2] endonym: lìgure) or Genoese (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n oʊ ˈ iː z / JEN-oh-EEZ; [3] endonym: zeneise or zeneize) [4] is a Gallo-Italic language spoken primarily in the territories of the former Republic of Genoa, now comprising the area of Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, Monaco (where it is called ...
Genoese, locally called zeneise or zeneize (Ligurian:), is the prestige dialect of Ligurian, spoken in and around the Italian city of Genoa, the capital of Liguria.. A majority of remaining speakers of Genoese are elderly.
The speaking area of Ligurian or Genoese cover the territory of the former Republic of Genoa, which included much of nowadays Liguria, and some mountain areas of bordering regions near the Ligurian border, the upper valley of Roya river near Nice, in Carloforte and Calasetta in Southern Sardinia, and Bonifacio in Corsica.
The Ligurian language was an ancient tongue spoken by the Ligures, an indigenous people inhabiting regions of northwestern Italy and southeastern France during pre-Roman and Roman times. Because Ligurian is so sparsely attested, its classification and relationship to neighbouring languages has proven difficult, prompting debate among linguists ...
Ligurian may refer to: Ligurian, pertaining to modern Liguria in Italy; Ligurian, pertaining to the ancient Ligures; Ligurian language, a modern Romance language spoken in parts of Italy, France, Monaco and Argentina; Ligurian (ancient language), an extinct language spoken by the ancient Ligures; Ligurian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea
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