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Also known as Cimbrian language

endangered Germanic language of Italy

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Native to
Italy
Native speakers
1,111 (2021)
Language family
Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Elbe Germanic Upper German Bavarian Southern Cimbrian
Recognised minority language in
Italy, Trentino
Iso 639 3
cim
Glottolog
cimb1238
Elp
Cimbrian

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Commons category
Cimbrian language
number of speakers, writers, or signers
400
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Historical (yellow) and current (orange) distribution of the Cimbrian dialects

Cimbrian (Cimbrian: zimbar, [ˈt͡simbɐr]; German: Zimbrisch; Italian: cimbro) is any of several local Upper German varieties spoken in parts of the Italian regions of Trentino and Veneto. The speakers of the language are known as Zimbern in German.

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