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Dialect comparison

Lombard vs Sardinian

Compare two dialects of Italian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Lombard

Lombardo

The Gallo-Italic variety of Lombardy and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Internally split between Western (Milan) and Eastern (Bergamo) groupings.

Approximate centre
45.46°, 9.19°
Sardinian

Sardu

The Romance variety of Sardinia. The most conservative Romance language, often cited as the closest living variety to Latin in several phonological respects.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
40.12°, 9.01°

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