Italo-Dalmatian languages

• Italo-Romance, which includes most central and southern Italian languages.
• Dalmatian Romance, which includes Dalmatian and Istriot.

• Italo-Dalmatian is sometimes included in Eastern Romance, leading to: Western, Sardinian, and Eastern branches.
• Italo-Dalmatian is sometimes included in Western Romance as Italo-Western, leading to: Italo-Western, Sardinian, and Eastern branches.
• Italo-Romance is sometimes included in Italo-Western, with Dalmatian Romance included in Eastern Romance, leading to: Italo-Western, Sardinian, and Eastern branches.
• Corsican and Sardinian are sometimes included together as Southern Romance, or Island Romance, leading to: Western, Italo-Dalmatian, Southern, and Eastern branches.

  Languages

Dalmatian Romance

• The Dalmatian language was spoken in the Dalmatia region of Croatia. It became extinct in the 19th century.
• The Istriot language is a language spoken in the southwestern part of Istrian peninsula in Croatia.

  Venetian

Italian

Tuscan

• Tuscan: group of dialects spoken in the Italian region of Tuscany.
• *Northern Tuscan dialects:
• **Florentine is spoken in the city of Florence, and was the basis for Standard Italian.
• ** Other dialects: Pistoiese; Pesciatino or Valdinievolese; Lucchese; Versiliese; Viareggino; Pisano-Livornese.
• *Southern Tuscan dialects:
• **Dialects of Aretino-Chianaiolo, Senese, Grossetano.

  Corsican

• Corsican: group of dialects spoken in the French island of Corsica.
• *Corsican, spoken on Corsica, is thought to be descended from Medieval Tuscan. Tuscanization of the island's northern Corsican dialects in the past caused Corsican to be classified as Tuscan, but today this classification is more uncertain. Scholars have also noted continuity with Sardinian in the southern area of Corsica and assumed greater linguistic unity of the island prior to the Tuscan period, as well as identified concordances with southern Italian dialects and Central Italian dialects.
• *Gallurese and Sassarese, spoken on the northern tip of Sardinia, can be considered either dialects of Corsican or Corso-Sardinian transitional varieties.

  Central Italian

• Romanesco, spoken in Rome, Lazio. As mentioned above, it is the basis of the accent of the received pronunciation in standard Italian.
• Tuscia or Viterbo: spoken in the Province of Viterbo, Lazio.
• Central-Northern Lazian: spoken in the southern areas of the Metropolitan [City of Rome Capital] and the northern areas of the Provinces of Frosinone and Latina Lazio.
• Umbrian: spoken in Umbria.
• Central Marchigiano: spoken in central Marche.
• Sabino: spoken in the city of L'Aquila and the Province of Rieti.

  Intermediate Southern Italian

• The Campanian dialects such as Neapolitan, Beneventano, Irpino, Arianese and Southern Laziale: spoken in most of Campania and the south of Lazio.
• The Abruzzese dialects such as Vastese: spoken in most of Abruzzo and the south of Marche.
• The Apulian dialects such as Barese and Tarantino: spoken in the majority of Apulia.
• The Molisan dialect: spoken in the region of Molise.
• The Basilicatine dialect: spoken in Basilicata.
• The Cosentino dialect: spoken in the Province of Cosenza, north of Calabria, which strongly fades into the Extreme Southern Italian dialects that predominate to the south of it.

  Extreme Southern Italian

• Sicilian, spoken on the island of Sicily: Western Sicilian; Central Metafonetica; Southeast Metafonetica; Ennese; Eastern Nonmetafonetica; Messinese.
• * Sicilian dialects on other islands: Isole Eolie, on the Aeolian Islands; Pantesco, on the island of Pantelleria.
• Calabro, or Central-Southern Calabrian: dialects are spoken in the central and southern areas of the region of Calabria.
• Salentino, spoken in the Salento region of southern Apulia.
• Cilentan, spoken in the Cilento region of southern Campania.