Triestine Dialect
The Triestine dialect (Italian: triestino, Triestine: triestin) is a dialect local to the Italian city of Trieste. It is a form of Venetian, strongly influenced by a Friulian substrate, mainly due to the existence of the now defunct Tergestine dialect, which was closely related to Friulian.
Many words in Triestine are taken from other languages. As Trieste borders with Slovenia and was under the Habsburg Monarchy for almost six centuries, many of the words are of German and Slovene origin. Due to extensive emigration to the city in the late 18th and 19th centuries, many words also came from other languages, such as Greek and Serbian.
Read more about Triestine Dialect: Development of Modern Triestine, Sample Vocabulary of The Triestin Dialect
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