▁language . ▁The ▁Ven et ian ▁language ▁( s ometimes ▁grouped ▁with ▁the ▁majority ▁Gal lo - Ital ian ▁languages ). ▁The ▁Gal lo - Ital ian ▁languages , ▁including ▁all ▁the ▁rest ▁( although ▁with ▁some ▁doubt ▁regarding ▁the ▁position ▁of ▁Lig ur ian ). ▁ ▁Any ▁such ▁classification ▁runs ▁into ▁the ▁basic ▁problem ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁dialect ▁continu um ▁throughout ▁northern ▁Italy , ▁with ▁a ▁continuous ▁transition ▁of ▁spoken ▁dialect s ▁between ▁e . g . ▁Ven et ian ▁and ▁Lad in , ▁or ▁Ven et ian ▁and ▁Em ilio - R om agn olo ▁( us ually ▁considered ▁Gal lo - Ital ian ). ▁ ▁All ▁of ▁these ▁languages ▁are ▁considered ▁innov ative ▁relative ▁to ▁the ▁Rom ance ▁languages ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Gal lo - Ital ian ▁languages ▁having ▁ph on ological ▁changes ▁nearly ▁as ▁extreme ▁as ▁standard ▁French ▁( us ually ▁considered ▁the ▁most ▁ph on olog ically ▁innov ative ▁of ▁the ▁Rom ance ▁languages ). ▁This ▁distingu ishes ▁them ▁significantly ▁from ▁standard ▁Italian , ▁which ▁is ▁extremely ▁conserv ative ▁in ▁its ▁ph on ology ▁( and ▁not ably ▁conserv ative ▁in ▁its ▁morph ology ). ▁ ▁Southern ▁Italy ▁and ▁islands ▁Appro xim ate ▁distribution ▁of ▁the ▁regional ▁languages ▁of ▁S ardin ia ▁and ▁Southern ▁Italy ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁UN ES CO ' s ▁Atlas ▁of ▁the ▁World ' s ▁L anguages ▁in ▁D anger : ▁ ▁One ▁common ▁classification ▁div ides ▁these ▁languages ▁into ▁two ▁groups : ▁The ▁Ital o - D