Northeast Italy information

Northeast Italy (Italian: Italia nord-orientale or just Nordest) is an informal cultural and geographic region of Italy and subregion of northern Italy. It is generally considered to be comprised of three Italian regions: Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Some author include in Northeast Italy also the region of Emilia-Romagna; but this region is sometime neither considered part of Northern Italy but of Central Italy. For geography, history, ethnical ties and culture, another region of Northeast Italy may be considered Istria. Italian is the main language of the area: but, it is often used only with strangers or in the main cities or for cultural reasons, because the most part of the inhabitants speaks their own national language; so we have Venetian language widely spoken in Veneto and on the coast to Trieste and Istria, but recognised just by region Veneto; Friulano in the most part of Friuli, it is officially recognised by the Italian state; as for German, the first language of Alto-Adige/Südtirol, where Italian is spoken just by less than a third of the inhabitants; as Ladin, spoken by a few thousands people in the Dolomites; then Slovenian, spoken (and recognised by Italy) on the border of Italy and in Istria; where main language is Croat, but Italian is recognised as a minority language. (...) more....

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