Languages of San Marino

Languages of San Marino
Sign in Italian at the Sammarinese consulate in Prague
OfficialItalian
NationalSammarinese dialect of Romagnol
ForeignEnglish
SignedItalian Sign Language
Keyboard layout
Italian QWERTY

Italian is the only official language of San Marino.[1]

Use of the Sammarinese variety of Romagnol is more common among elderly individuals. Conservation is critical, to the point it is estimated to go extinct after 2040.[2]

Language map of Romagna, Romagnol is marked in orange.

References

  1. ^ "San Marino è". GOV.SM. Repubblica di San Marino. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Montanari, Simona. (2018). Sammarinese, the Endangered Language of the Republic of San Marino: A Preliminary Study of Documentation and Description. Dialectologia et Geolinguistica. 26. 57-95. 10.1515/dialect-2018-0004.


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