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Sappadino

Sappadino proper noun: the Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.

Proper noun

Sappadino

  1. The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
    • The Austrian scholar, M. Hurnung, has published a dictionary of Sappadino; the socio-linguistic situation in Sauria/Zahre has been analysed by N. Denison[.]1986, Linguistic minorities in countries belonging to the European community, page 85
    • Similar problems arise also with other languages, such as Old Italian, Old High German, Old English, Old French, which have traditionally been characterized as V2 languages, [and] Rhaetoromance, Mocheno, Sappadino, Cimbrian.2010, Thomas Hanneforth, Gisbert Fanselow, Language and Logos: Studies in theoretical and computational linguistics
    Synonyms:
    Plodarisch

Synonyms of Sappadino

Origin of Sappadino

Borrowed from Italian sappadino.

Questions about Sappadino

What does Sappadino mean?
Sappadino means the Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
What part of speech is Sappadino?
Sappadino is a proper noun.

Words near Sappadino in the dictionary

  1. Sappaac
  2. Sappada
  3. sappadillo
  4. sappadilloes
  5. sappadillos
  6. Sappadino
  7. sappadu
  8. sappadus
  9. sappan
  10. sappans
  11. sappanwood

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