most of their ruling elite – the Lombards, a Germanic people that conquered most of the ancient Roman province called Gallia Cisalpina, most of today's Northern Italy and after that most of Italy, and founded the Lombard Kingdom) Eastern Lombard (Lombard) Northern Cremonese (in northern Cremona Province) Bressano / Bresciano (in Brescia Province) Bergamasco (Bergamàsch) (in Bergamo Province) Western Trentino (in west Trentino, west Trento Province) Eastern Trentino (in east Trentino, east Trento Province) (influenced by Venetian) Western Lombard (Lombard / Lumbaart) Milanese (Milanés) / Meneghin (Macromilanese) Brianzöö (Lombardo-prealpino occidentale – macromilanese) Monzese Canzés (in Canzo) Bustocco-Legnanese Comasco-Lecchese (Lombardo-prealpino occidentale) Comasco Laghée Intelvese Vallassinese Lecchese Valsassinese Varesino / Bosin (Lombardo-Prealpino Occidentale) Ticinese (Lombardo Alpino) Ossolano Alpine Lombard (Lombardo alpino, strong influence from Eastern Lombard language) Valtellinese Chiavennasco Southwestern Lombard (Basso-Lombardo Occidentale) Pavese (in Pavia area) (strong influence from Emiliano-Romagnolo language) Lodigiano Cremunés (in Cremona area) (strong influence from Emiliano-Romagnolo language) Spasell (spoken until the 19th century by inhabitants of Vallassina as a cant or secret language) (by its divergent vocabulary it could be considered its own language derived from Lombard) (extinct) (similar to the case of Minderico in Portugal, a cant or secret language derived from Portuguese but not mutual intelligible with it because of divergent vocabulary) Transitional Lombard-Piemontese Novarese (Nuares) (Lombardo-Prealpino Occidentale – Macromilanese) (in Novara area) Piedmontese (Piemontèis) Eastern Piemontese Western Piemontese Torinese-Cuneese Canavesano Ligurian (Romance Ligurian) (Ligure / Lengua Ligure / Zeneize) Eastern Ligurian Genoese Ligurian (Central Ligurian) (Zeneize) Oltregiogo Ligurian Intemelian-Alpine Ligurian Intemelio Monégasque (Munegascu) (spoken in Monaco) Alpine Ligurian (considered transitional dialects between Ligurian and Occitan) Brigasc (in Briga Alta and La Brigue area) Pignasc (in Pigna, Liguria) Triorasc (in Triora, Liguria) Royasc (Roiasc) (considered a transitional dialect between Ligurian and Occitan) Gallo-Italic of Basilicata Gallo-Italic of Sicily Gallo-Rhaetian Rhaeto-Romance Friulian / Friulan (Furlan / Lenghe Furlane / Marilenghe) (spoken by the Friulians in Friuli, Northeastern Italy) Western Central Northern Southeastern Old Tergestine (extinct) (it was spoken in Trieste before being replaced by a dialect of Venetian) Ladin (Ladin / Lingaz Ladin) Trentinian Group of the Sella (Moenat, Brach, and Cazet) (spoken in Fassa Valley) Agordino Group of the Sella (Agordo and Valle del Biois, Fodom, Rocchesano) Athesian Group of the Sella (Gherdëina, Badiot and Maró) Ampezzan Group (spoken in Cortina d'Ampezzo – Anpezo) Cadorino Group (spoken in Cadore and Comelico) Låger / Nortades Group Fornes (in Forni di Sopra and Forni di Sotto) Nones