Bergamasch / Bergamasque endangered language (a Lombard dialect). Construction workers in Milan.

Bergamasch / Bergamasque Bergamasch. dialect of Lombard language + some Italian. Two construction workers in Milan conversing in Bergamasque, a dialect unintelligible to most Italian native speakers. The city of Bergamo is only about 60 km / 35 miles north east of Milan, but the Bergamasque dialect is impossible to understand to most Milanese. Standard Italian is a relatively recent language, for centuries different languages and dialects, with distinct influences were spoken in the peninsula. Radio, television, migration caused a decline of these dialect among the younger generations. Bergamasque now is spoken mostly by the older generations. The Bergamasque dialect is a western variation of the Lombard language, which is spoken in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is primarily spoken in the province of Bergamo and the Crema area. The Bergamasque dialect has official status in the province of Bergamo. The word bergamasco can also be used as an adjective to describe something from or of Bergamo, or as a noun to describe a native or inhabitant of Bergamo. #bergamasch #bergamasque #lombard #lombardlanguage #latinlanguages #bergamo #milano #constructionworker #workingclass #milan #bergamasch #endangeredlanguages