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In addition, there is an older French version of the anthem; its lyrics have a different meaning. The choice between the two forms is generally subject to the occasion and the circumstance. Despœi tugiù sciü d'u nostru paise
Monégasque is the traditional national language of the Monegasque people (who represent only 21.6% of the total population [1]). It is a dialect of Ligurian, and is somewhat similar to Italian. Because the Monégasques are a minority in Monaco, their tongue was threatened with extinction in the 1970s.
Monaco participated regularly in the Eurovision Song Contest between 1959–1979 and 2004–2006, winning in 1971, although none of the artists participating for the principality was originally Monegasque. French-born Minouche Barelli, however, acquired Monegasque citizenship in 2002, 35 years after her representing the principality in 1967. [207]
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After the age of 18, a person who was born in Monaco of a parent who was either born Monégasque or who had ancestors of the same branch born Monégasque but who has since renounced Monégasque citizenship can make a declaration before a Registrar provided that he lived in the Principality and proves that he has had his legal domicile or habitual residence there during his childhood.
Monaco City (French: Monaco-Ville [mɔnakɔ vil]; Monégasque: Mùnegu Autu) [1] is the southcentral ward in the Principality of Monaco. [2] Located on a headland that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, [3] it is nicknamed The Rock (French: Le Rocher; Monégasque: A Roca). The name "Monaco City" is misleading: it is not itself a city, but a ...
(Of course, the Gallo-Italic group, including Monegasque, Ligurian, Eastern and Western Lombard, etc., are more closely related to each other than they are to French.) These references to Italian sound like attempts to treat Monegasque (and Ligurian) as varieties of Italian, which is obviously not something anyone with even the faintest ...
Pages in category "Monegasque titles" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Marquis of Baux; C.