Editing Venetian language (section)

==Prosody==
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While written Venetian looks similar to Italian, it sounds very different, with a distinct lilting cadence, almost musical. Compared to Italian, in Venetian syllabic rhythms are more evenly timed, accents are less marked, but on the other hand tonal modulation is much wider and melodic curves are more intricate. Stressed and unstressed syllables sound almost the same; there are no long vowels, and there is no consonant lengthening. Compare the Italian sentence {{lang|it|va laggiù con lui}} {{IPA|[val.ladˌd͡ʒuk.konˈluː.i]}} ''"go there with him"'' (all long/heavy syllables but final) with Venetian {{lang|vec|va là zo co lu}} {{IPA|[va.laˌzo.koˈlu]}} (all short/light syllables).{{sfn|Ferguson|2007|p=69-73}}

[[File:Venetian text.jpg|thumb|Venetian language proverb board outside of a bar in Mestre, Veneto.]]