Alternate Names: Piedmontese, Piemontèis
Dialects: High Piemontese (Alto Piemontese), Low Piemontese (Basso Piemontese). Distinct enough from standard Italian , to be considered a separate language. Considerable French , influence.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,600,000 in Italy (2002).
Language Use: Use has dimished drastically among the young and in towns (Salminen 2007). Also use Italian [ita]. Used as L2 by Arpitan [frp], Occitan [oci].
Language Development: NT: 1834.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Italy