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The 13 th century saw the first works of literature written in Roman vernacular, such as Storie de Troja et de Roma (Stories of Troy and of Rome, an anonymous translation of Multae historiae et Troianae et Romanae, a historical compilation by another anonymous author) and Le miracole de Roma (The marvels of Rome, translation of Mirabilia Urbis Romae), characterized by a coexistence of Latin ...
Romanesco is an Italian adjective meaning "pertinent to the medieval and modern Roman people". Romanesco may refer to: Romanesco dialect, an Italian dialect spoken in the city of Rome and its surroundings; Romanesco broccoli, a kind of cauliflower
The term Romance derives from the Vulgar Latin adverb romanice, "in Roman", derived from romanicus: for instance, in the expression romanice loqui, "to speak in Roman" (that is, the Latin vernacular), contrasted with latine loqui, "to speak in Latin" (Medieval Latin, the conservative version of the language used in writing and formal contexts ...
Judeo-Roman (Italian: Giudaico-Romanesco) or Italkit is the only still living dialect of the Judeo-Italian languages, historically used by the Jews living in Rome. [1] It is spoken by 250 people, most of whom live in Italy. The language is on the decline and most of its remaining speakers are elderly. [1]
This language shift was a long, drawn-out process, with larger, central towns adopting German first, while the more peripheral areas around them remained Romansh-speaking longer. The shift to German was caused in particular by the influence of the local German-speaking elites and by German-speaking immigrants from the north, with the lower and ...
Roman language may refer to: Latin, the language of Ancient Rome; Romaic, the language of the Byzantine Empire; Languages of the Roman Empire; Romance languages, the languages descended from Latin, including French, Spanish and Italian; Romanesco dialect, the variety of Italian spoken in the area of Rome
Trilussa was the third great dialect Roman poet to appear on the scene from the nineteenth century onwards: while Belli, with his expressive realism, drew fully from the language of the lowest strata and turned it into short, memorable sonnets, Pascarella proposed the language of the United Italy commoner, who typically aspires to culture and ...
Roman (disambiguation) Romanesco (disambiguation) Romanesque (disambiguation) Romana (disambiguation) Romand. Romandy; Romania (disambiguation) Romanian (disambiguation) Romanicus. Romance (disambiguation) Romanza (disambiguation) Romance languages (Romanic) Romanization (disambiguation) Romano (disambiguation) Romansh language; Rûm. Rumelia