What is Ligurian language?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox language |name=Ligurian {{nobold|/}} Genoese |nativename={{lang|lij|lìgure}}, {{lang|lij|zeneize}}/{{lang|lij|zeneise}} |pronunciation=''ˈliɡyre'', ''zeˈnejze'' |states=[[Italy]], [[Monaco]], [[France]] |region=Italy<br>{{*}}[[Liguria]]<br>{{*}}Southern [[Piedmont]]<br>{{*}}Southwestern [[Lombardy]]<br>{{*}}Western [[Emilia-Romagna]]<br>{{*}}Southwestern [[Sardinia]]<br>France<br>{{*}}Southeastern [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]<br>{{*}}Southern [[Corsica]] |speakers= 500,000 |date= 2002 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=[[Italic languages|Italic]] |fam3=[[Romance languages|Romance]] |fam4=[[Western Romance languages|Western]] |fam5=[[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] |fam6=[[Gallo-Italic languages|Gallo-Italic]] | ancestor = [[Old Latin]] | ancestor2 = [[Classical Latin]] | ancestor3 = [[Vulgar Latin]] |dia1=[[Genoese dialect|Genoese]] |dia2=[[Monégasque dialect|Monégasque]] |dia3=Intemelio |dia4=Brigasc |nation= |iso3=lij |glotto=ligu1248 |glottorefname=Ligurian |lingua=51-AAA-oh & 51-AAA-og |map=Ligure-Ligurian-map.svg |mapcaption= |notice=IPA }} '''Ligurian''' or '''Genoese''' ({{Lang|lij|lìgure}} or {{lang|lij|zeneize}}) is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]] of the [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance branch]] spoken in the [[Liguria]] region in northwestern [[Italy]] and in two [[commune]]s in the Italian island of [[Sardinia]] as well as in parts of [[Alpes-Maritimes]] and [[Corsica]] in southeastern [[France]], and in [[Monaco]]. Ligurian belongs to the [[Gallo-Italic languages]] group within the [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance branch]] and therefore differs significantly from [[standard]] [[Italian language|Italian]], which is spoken south of the [[La Spezia]]-[[Rimini]] [[language border]]; the same applies to the other northern Italian languages. They include [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]], [[Lombard language|Lombard]], [[Emilian language|Emilian]] and [[Romagnol language|Romagnol]]. Ligurian has many [[dialect]]s, t