Since before the Renaissance the Ligurian language was spoken in all the territories of the Republic of Genoa : in the western area of this republic one of its groups (spoken mainly on the coast between Monaco and Sanremo) was called Intemelio and was centered on Ventimiglia[REF] .
The Royasc dialect is connected to the "Ventimigliese", as a mountainous version of the intemelio that has some occitan influences.