Category Archives: Venetian

How Learning One Language Well Helps You Learn Others

Repost from the old site. In the comments, the ever-perceptive dano notes: dano: The thing is, I’ve found that once you learn to speak a European language, and particularly a Latin-based one, you see similarities in many words across the … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Applied, French, Italian, Italic, Italo-Celtic, Italo-Celtic-Tocharian, Language Learning, Linguistics, Multilingualism, Reposts From The Old Site, Romance, Spanish, Venetian

A Look At the Venetian and Friulian Languages

Repost from the old site. Here we will compare Friulian and Venetian with Italian. The Friulian language is spoken in northeastern Italy. Among Friulian speakers, the language is affectionately known as Marilenghe and is best known from the Udine, the … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Descriptive, Ethnic Nationalism, Europe, Fascism, Friulian, Italian, Italic, Italo-Celtic, Italo-Celtic-Tocharian, Italy, Language Families, Linguistics, Nationalism, Political Science, Regional, Reposts From The Old Site, Romance, Venetian

Virgilio Giotti, Triestine Venetian Poet

Repost from the old site. Let’s take a look again at Triestine Venetian. Virgilio Giotti was a famous poet who wrote in Triestine Venetian. He was born in 1885 in Trieste, a child of Riccardo Schonbeck and Emilia Ghiotto. He … Continue reading

1 Comment

Filed under Europe, Italian, Italic, Italo-Celtic, Italo-Celtic-Tocharian, Italy, Language Families, Language Samples, Linguistics, Literature, Poetry, Regional, Reposts From The Old Site, Romance, Venetian