Alternative Insubric orthographies

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This is a prospect of Insubric language orthographies others then classical Milanese one.

[edit] Comasca

Alternative orthography of the city of Como and suburbs, used by the academy Famiglia Comasca.

Overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar, the orthography differences with the classical Milanese orthography are:

  • sound /y/ is written ü, not u
  • sound /u/ is written u, not o
  • sound /œ/ is written ö, not oeu
  • long vowels are always written as double
  • there is a different use of accents (but not circumflex one)
  • zz is often used
  • article i ("the", plural) is written j when followed by vowel

[edit] Lecchese

The most used alternative orthography in Lecco and suburbs is:

(overriding differences in pronunciation and grammar)

  • sound /y/ is written ü, not u
  • sound /u/ is written u, not o
  • sound /œ/ is written ö, not oeu
  • long vowels are written with the circumflex accent
  • the other accents, on tonic syllables, are always used
  • final voiced consonants are written as voiceless (like they actually are in pronunciation), except ambiguities
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Western Lombard language

Dialects and group of dialects:

Milanese or Meneghin • Bustocco and Legnanese • Brianzöö or Brianzoeu (Canzés, Canturino, Monzese) • Comasco-Lecchese (Comasco, Laghée, Intelvese, Vallassinese, Lecchese, Valsassinese) • Ticinese (Ossolano) • Varesino or Bosin • Southwestern Lombard (Pavese, Lodigiano, Nuaresat, Cremunéez) • Alpine Lombard (Valtellinese, Chiavennasco) • Slangs: Spasell

Literature:

Insubric literature • Insubric writers (Bonvesin de la Riva, Carlo Maria Maggi, Carlo Porta, Giuseppe Parini, Giuseppe Bossi, Alessandro Manzoni, Tommaso Grossi, Delio Tessa)

Grammar:

Insubric grammar (Milanese grammar) • Orthography (Classical Milanese orthography, Alternative Insubric orthographies) • Other (Plural inflection in Western Lombard)