Northern Italian (traditional name in Romance linguistics), Gallo-Italian or Padanian (recent name) or Cisalpine (rare name) is a linguistic set with different definitions. It can be viewed: as a group of Italian dialects, according to traditional Romance linguistics (see Pellegrini 1975, Rohlfs 1975). as a sub-family composed of several regional Romance languages. as a Romance language, according to linguist Geoffrey Hull, who prefers the name "Padanian language".

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  • Northern Italian (traditional name in Romance linguistics), Gallo-Italian or Padanian (recent name) or Cisalpine (rare name) is a linguistic set with different definitions. It can be viewed: as a group of Italian dialects, according to traditional Romance linguistics (see Pellegrini 1975, Rohlfs 1975). as a sub-family composed of several regional Romance languages. as a Romance language, according to linguist Geoffrey Hull, who prefers the name "Padanian language". Traditionally spoken in Northern Italy, Southern Switzerland, San Marino and Monaco, most Northern Italian varieties have given way to Standard Italian and its regional variations. The area where Northern Italian dialects are spoken roughly corresponds to Northern Italy. The vast majority of current speakers are bilingual in Standard Italian. The southern linguistic frontier, between Northern Italian and Italian proper, is called La Spezia-Rimini line.
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  • Padanian, Cisalpine (rare)
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  • Indo-European
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  • Northern Italian
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  • Cisalpine
  • other uses of the word "Cisalpine"
  • the Northern Italian language occasionally called Cisalpine
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  • Northern Italian (traditional name in Romance linguistics), Gallo-Italian or Padanian (recent name) or Cisalpine (rare name) is a linguistic set with different definitions. It can be viewed: as a group of Italian dialects, according to traditional Romance linguistics (see Pellegrini 1975, Rohlfs 1975). as a sub-family composed of several regional Romance languages. as a Romance language, according to linguist Geoffrey Hull, who prefers the name "Padanian language".
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  • Northern Italian languages
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