What is Piedmontese language?
[[File:Jerusalem - Pater Noster Church - Pater in Piemontese.jpg|thumb|The [[Lord's prayer]] in Piedmontese language.]] [[File:Piemontèis.jpg|thumb|Languages of Piedmont, Piedmontese is shown in orange.]] The '''Piedmontese language''' is a [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance language]] spoken in [[Piedmont]]. The [[Council of Europe]] officially recognised it as a minority language in the 1980s. It is classified as an [[endangered language]]. In 2019, there were between 700,000 and 2 million speakers. ==History== Piedmontese has been in use since the 12th century. There are [[Poetry|poems]] and [[literature]], starting from the 16th century. In the 15th or 16th century, local authorities switched to the Italian language, which is based on the dialects of Tuscany. When the [[Italy|Italian state]] was founded in 1861, [[Italian language|Italian]] was chosen as a national language. With [[urbanization]], and [[mass media]], Piedmontese was a loser again, Italian was more popular, and could reach more people. {{InterWiki|code=pms}} {{Romance languages}} {{authority control}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Languages of Italy]] [[Category:Romance languages]] [[Category:Piedmont]] [[Category:Endangered languages]]