Language
- The current Lombard language, a Romance language spoken in parts of Switzerland and Northern Italy
- The extinct Lombardic language (Longobardic), a Germanic language spoken by the Longobards
- Lombard effect, a phenomenon in which a speaker or singer involuntarily raises his or her vocal intensity in the presence of high levels of sound
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