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Re: Italogallic in Zera, and other languages.

From:Carlos Eugenio Thompson (EDC) <edccet@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 25, 2000, 17:13
> From: Mangiat [SMTP:mangiat@TIN.IT] > > In Southern Switzerland they use Italian as official language, but, in > everyday's life, even on TV (not during the news or political talkshows, > obviously), they use dialect, or, at least, they used to use dialect till > 20 > years ago. Indeed, with increasing immigration, many people now speak > dialect only in family - as in Italy -, and not in public life. It's up to > you to decide, now! >
So, are these Swiss Italian dialects ItaloGallic dialects? How would they be called if the name "Italian" is not used?
> Luca