Monegasque (or Monégasque) is a Romance language based on Ligurian; it is spoken in Monaco and taught in schools there. It is rather similar to language spoken in Genoa, and is different from its neighbour languages Intemelian and Mentonasque . It has been strongly influenced by Occitan.

Monegasque orthography generally follows Italian principles, with the following exceptions:

• the ü is pronounced as in German, or as the French u.
• the œ is pronounced as the French é, and not like the French œu as in bœuf, which is how œ is pronounced in Ligurian, which also uses the form ö to stand for this sound.
• the ç is pronounced as in French (/s/): tradiçiùn comes from the French tradition and not from the Italian tradizione.

See also

• Italian dialects
• European languages