What is Monégasque dialect?
{{Infobox language | name = Monégasque | fam4 = [[Western Romance languages|Western]] | ietf = lij-MC | glottorefname = Monégasque | glotto = mone1238 | lingua = 51-AAA-cha | isoexception = dialect | fam7 = [[Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] | fam6 = [[Gallo-Italic languages|Gallo-Italic]] | fam5 = [[Gallo-Romance languages|Gallo-Romance]] | fam3 = [[Romance languages|Romance]] | nativename = {{lang|lij-MC|munegascu}} | fam2 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] | familycolor = Indo-European | speakers2 = nearly extinct, but taught in school as a heritage language | date = 1950<!--more recent estimates are not language speakers--> | dateprefix = for&nbsp; | ref = <ref>Raymond Arveiller (1967) {{lang|fr|Etude sur le Parler de Monaco}}. {{lang|fr|Comité National des Traditions Monégasques}}.</ref> | speakers = ca. 20 | ethnicity = {{sigfig|8378|2}} have Monegasque nationality (2016)<ref>[https://www.gouv.mc/content/download/446317/5060895/file/Rapport%20Recensement%202016.pdf 2016 census]</ref> | states = Monaco | notice = IPA }} '''Monégasque''' ({{Lang-lij|munegàscu}}; {{lang-it|monegasco}}; {{lang-fr|monégasque}}) is the type of [[Ligurian (Romance language)|Ligurian]] spoken in [[Monaco]], where it is the [[national language]]. Although it is not an [[official language]] of Monaco (which is only [[French language|French]]), it does enjoy an [[official]] [[status]], and it is taught in [[school]]s and is [[:wikt:compulsory|compulsory]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Languages of Europe]] [[Category:Monaco]] [[Category:Romance languages]]