Editing Lombard language (section)

===Varieties===
Traditionally, the Lombard dialects have been classified into the Eastern, Western, Alpine and Southern Lombard dialects.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lingualombarda.it/index.php/lingua-lombarda-lato.html |title=Lingua lombarda |trans-title=Lombard language |language=it |publisher=Circolo Filologico Milanese |website=Lingua Lombarda}}</ref>

The varieties of the Italian provinces of [[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]], [[Province of Varese|Varese]], [[Province of Como|Como]], [[Province of Lecco|Lecco]], [[Province of Lodi|Lodi]], [[Province of Monza and Brianza|Monza and Brianza]], [[Province of Pavia|Pavia]] and [[Province of Mantua|Mantua]] belong to [[Western Lombard dialects|Western Lombard]], and the provinces of [[Province of Bergamo|Bergamo]], [[Province of Brescia|Brescia]] and [[Province of Cremona|Cremona]] are dialects of [[Eastern Lombard dialect|Eastern Lombard]]. All varieties spoken in the Swiss areas (both in the [[Canton (administrative division)|Canton]] of [[Ticino]] and the Canton of [[Graubünden]]) are Western, and both Western and Eastern varieties are found in the Italian areas.

The varieties of the Alpine valleys of [[Valchiavenna]] and [[Valtellina]] ([[Sondrio]]) and upper-[[Valcamonica]] (Brescia) and the four Lombard valleys of the Swiss canton of [[Graubünden]] have some peculiarities of their own and some traits in common with Eastern Lombard but should be considered Western.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Also, dialects from the [[Piedmontese]] provinces of [[Verbano-Cusio-Ossola]] and [[Province of Novara|Novara]], the [[Valsesia]] valley ([[province of Vercelli]]), and the city of [[Tortona]] are closer to Western Lombard than to Piedmontese.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Alternatively, following the traditional classification, the varieties spoken in parts of [[Sondrio]], [[Trentino]], [[Ticino]] and [[Grigioni]] can be considered as [[Alpine Lombard]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lingualombarda.it/index.php/lombardo-alpino-lato.html |title=Lombardo alpino |trans-title=Alpine Lombard |language=it |publisher=Circolo Filologico Milanese |website=Lingua Lombarda}}</ref> and those spoken in southern Lombardy such as in Pavia, Lodi, Cremona and Mantova can be classified as [[Southern Lombard]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lingualombarda.it/index.php/lombardo-meridionale-lato.html |title=Lombardo meridionale |trans-title=Southern Lombard |language=it |publisher=Circolo Filologico Milanese |website=Lingua Lombarda}}</ref>