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Chapters: Films Shot in San Marino, Languages of San Marino, Museums in San Marino, National Symbols of San Marino, Religion in San Marino, Sammarinese Cuisine, Sammarinese Music, World Heritage Sites in San Marino, Italian Language, Flag of San Marino, City of San Marino, Prince of Foxes, Coat of Arms of San Marino, Inno Nazionale Della Repubblica, Cuisine of San Marino, Giubilanti D'amore Fraterno, Monte Titano, Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro, Music of San Marino, History of the Jews in San Marino, Sammarinese Museum of Ancient Arms, Roman Catholicism in San Marino, Sammarinese Wine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Italian (·), or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken as a native language by about 62 million people in Italy, San Marino and parts of Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia and France. It is spoken as a first language by many Italian citizens and immigrants abroad, for a total of approximately 70 million native speakers. In addition, it is spoken by an additional 120 to 150 million people as a non-native language. Most native speakers are native bilinguals of both standardised Italian and regional varieties. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four official languages, spoken mainly in the Swiss cantons of Grigioni and Ticino. It is also the official language of San Marino, as well as the primary language of Vatican City. Italian language, adopted by the state after the unification of Italy, is based on the Tuscan dialect, which beforehand, was only available to upper class Florentine society. Its development was also influenced by other Italian dialects and by the Germanic language of the post-Roman invaders. Italian derives diachronically from Latin and is the closest national language to Latin. Unlike most other ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14708 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Countries and Their Cultures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 893 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Covers the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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Title: Peasants and the process of building democratic polities: lessons from San Marino *.
Author: Ulf Sundhaussen
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 49Issue: 2Page: 211(11)

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