Monégasque dialect

Monégasque (Ligurian: munegàscu; Italian: monegasco; French: monégasque) is the type of Ligurian spoken in Monaco, where it is the national language. Although it is not an official language of Monaco (which is only French), it does enjoy an official status, and it is taught in schools and is compulsory.

Monégasque
munegascu
Native to	Monaco
Ethnicity	8,400 have Monegasque nationality (2016)[1]
Native speakers	(ca. 20 cited for 1950)[2] nearly extinct, but taught in school as a heritage language
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Western Gallo-Romance Gallo-Italic Ligurian Monégasque
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	mone1238
Linguasphere	51-AAA-cha
IETF	lij-MC
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.