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'''Milanese''' (endonym in traditional orthography {{lang|lmo-IT|Milanes}}, {{lang|lmo-IT|Meneghin}}) is the central variety of the [[Western Lombard dialect|Western dialect]] of the [[Lombard language]] spoken in [[Milan]], the rest of its [[Metropolitan City of Milan|metropolitan city]], and the northernmost part of the [[province of Pavia]].<ref name=region/> Milanese, due to the importance of Milan, the largest city in Lombardy, is often considered one of the most prestigious Lombard variants and the most prestigious one in the Western Lombard area.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In Italian-language contexts, Milanese is often (like most things[[indigenous languages|indigenous]] [[Romance languages|Romance]] varieties spoken in Italy other than standard Italian) is often called a ''dialetto'' "[[dialect]]". This can be misunderstood to mean a variety of Italianthe [[Tuscan dialect|Tuscan]]-derived national language, which it is not. HoweverLombard in general, linguisticallyincluding Milanese, is a [[sister language]] of Tuscan, thus also of Italian, rather than a derivative. [[Linguistic typology|Typologically]], Lombard is a [[Western Romance languages|Western Romance language]], and is more closely relatedresembles toother [[FrenchGallo-Italic language|Frenchlanguages]] in [[Northern Italy]] (e.g. [[Piedmontese]], [[RomanshLigurian language|RomanshLigurian]], [[OccitanEmilian languagedialects|OccitanEmilian]], and[[Romagnol]]) toas otherwell as others further afield, including [[Gallo-ItalicOccitan languageslanguage|Occitan]] thanand it[[Romansh is to standard Italianlanguage|Romansh]].

Milanese has an extensive literature, reaching as far back as the 13th century and including the works of important writers such as [[Bonvesin da la Riva]] (mid 13th century-1313century–1313), [[Carlo Maria Maggi]] (1630-16991630–1699) [[Carlo Porta]] (1775-18211775–1821). In addition to the large literary corpus, various dictionaries, a few grammar books and a recent translation of the [[Gospels]] are available in the language.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}

The Milanese dialect as commonly defined today is essentially concentrated around [[Milan]] and its [[Metropolitan City of Milan|metropolitan city]], reaching into the northernmost part of the [[province of Pavia]]. [[Subdialect]]s of Milanese -– also known as ''dialètt arios'' -– are spoken in the western part of the province ([[Castano Primo]], [[Turbigo]], [[Abbiategrasso]], [[Magenta]]), the eastern part ([[Gorgonzola, Milan|Gorgonzola]], [[Cassina de' Pecchi]], [[Cernusco sul Naviglio]], [[Segrate]], [[Bellinzago Lombardo|Bellinzago]]), the parts to the north of the [[Naviglio Martesana]] ([[Carugate]], [[Cassano d'Adda]], [[Inzago]], [[Gessate]]), certain areas where the dialect becomes transitional (between [[Saronno]] and [[Rho, Lombardy|Rho]]), the southern parts ([[Binasco]] and [[Melegnano]]), and the northern parts of the Province of Pavia (north of the line between [[Bereguardo]] and [[Landriano]], which includes places such as [[Trovo]] and [[Casorate Primo]]).