Varieties
Western Lombard can be divided into four main varieties, referred by many Italian linguists as lombardo alpino (spoken in the provinces of Sondrio and of Verbania, Sopraceneri of Canton Ticino and Grigioni in Switzerland), lombardo-prealpino occidentale (spoken in the provinces of Como, Varese and Lecco, Lugano and its neighbors in Canton Ticino), basso-lombardo occidentale (Pavia and Lodi), and macromilanese (provinces of Milan, Monza, Novara and Valsesia of Vercelli). The boundaries are obviously schematic, since the political division in provinces and municipalities are usually independent from languages spoken.
Examples of Western Lombard language are:
- Milanese or Meneghin (macromilanese)
- Bustocco and Legnanese
- Brianzöö (lombardo-prealpino occidentale - macromilanese)
- Monzese
- Comasco-Lecchese (lombardo-prealpino occidentale)
- Comasco
- Laghée
- Intelvese
- Vallassinese
- Lecchese
- Valsassinese
- Ticinese (lombardo alpino)
- Ossolano
- Varesino or Bosin (lombardo-prealpino occidentale)
- Alpine Lombard (lombardo alpino, strong influence from Eastern Lombard language)
- Valtellinese
- Chiavennasco
- Southwestern Lombard (basso-lombardo occidentale)
- Pavese (strong influence from Emiliano-Romagnolo language)
- Lodigiano
- Nuaresat (lombardo-prealpino occidentale - macromilanese)
- Cremunéez (strong influence from Emiliano-Romagnolo language)
- Slangs
- Spasell
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