What follows is a list of links I came up with in February 2003 after scanning the net for Friulian text (with a couple of updates since). As you can see, the language isn't dead yet. I've begun sorting the links and providing brief descriptions of what can be found in them, but I haven't got though all of them yet.
Please note that while there is a standardized writing system and koine, the vast majority of Friulians have had no training in writing their language. You will therefore probably find all sorts of variations, not only in the dialects used, but also in how they're written. Still, all these texts are unmistakably Friulian, and anyone familiar with one variety will almost certainly have no difficulty understanding them all.
Please email me if you know of anything that should be added or removed from this list.
Mandimi un email par zont� o cambi� alc.
Friulian Grammar and Orthography
Friulian Poetry and LiteratureMiscellaneous not-yet-sorted sites with Friulian content
And finally...NEWEST!!! Firefox Furlan -- A Furlan version of the Firefox browser.
NEW!! Societ�t Sientifiche e Tecnologjiche Furlane -- The website of the Friulian Scientific and Technological Society, whose aim is "to promote the development of research and knowledge dissemination in Friulian". Ever want to read about neurolinguistics in Furlan? Here's the place. (For those without Flash, here are the URLs for the society's website and its journal.)
NEW!! El Tom�t -- A cultural association based in Buje. They've published some books in Furlan, and PDFs of their Furlan/Italian journal are available online.
New! C-evo Furlan -- The first Friulian computer game.
Newish it-alt.cultura.lingua.furlan -- The first Friulian newsgroup.
Newish www.lenghe.net -- An online bilingual (Furlan/Italian) journal, maintained by the group that used to publish the magazine Int.
Newish www.ilfurlanist.splinder.com -- The first substantial Friulian blog!
Very New christianromanini.blogspot.com -- Another blog entirely in Furlan, by Christian Romanini.
Friulian Grammar and Orthography
www.geocities.com/rpontisso/furlan -- My site-in-progress (which I list in case you got here through a web search), currently including pages on spelling, some grammar, a verb table, and this list of links.
www.friul.net/lenghe/Grafie.php -- This page includes in PDF format the document released in 1999 by the Osservatori Regjon�l de Lenghe e de Culture Furlanis on the official writing system for Friulian.
www.cuni.cz/~cadorini/furlan -- Furlan di Praghe is an excellent and ever-growing website on Friulian maintained by Giorgio Cadorini at the University of Prague. In addition to a grammar, the site includes Friulian texts on history and culture, as well as a link to the homepage of La Lenghe, a Friulian mailing list run by Prof. Cadorini (which I strongly encourage anyone interested in Furlan to participate in).
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/union/1702/index.html -- This is the website of a group called the Academie dal Fri�l. The second link along the top (the blackboard) is to a Friulian grammar, which is offered in English as well as in Furlan. (Here's the English version: www.geocities.com/CollegePark/union/1702/course.html.)
www.eirelink.com/alanking/corner/resources/res-frl.htm -- Alas! A dead link as of August 2004! A page devoted to Friulian on Alan King's Language Corner website. His Grammar Sketch is intended for linguists but is fairly accessible.
users.volja.net/janezerat/slovnica.htm -- A Friulian grammar in Slovenian.
www.serling.org -- A translation service for Friulian! Do you need anything translated into Furlan?
www.pengio.com -- Of interest to linguists might be this catalogue of Friulianisms that pop up in the Italian spoken in Friuli.
Sites with substantial Friulian content:
www.friul.net -- Possibly the most important Furlan site on the web, this is the home of the only monthly magazine published entirely in Friulian, La Patrie dal Fri�l. Certainly in sheer volume and variety of Friulian text, no other site comes close. Most of the magazine's articles for the past few years have been uploaded, and in addition to these there are links to PDF files of several Friulian novels. The site is entirely in Furlan (while the journal itself uses the new official standardized spelling system, some of the uploaded texts use the non-standard system of Giorgio Faggin). The content can be a bit heavy on linguistic politics, but overall there is plenty of variety. Definitely worth exploring for anyone remotely interested in contemporary Friulian language and cultural developments.
www.lacomugne.it -- La Comugne is a literary journal put out by a group of youngish contemporary Friulian writers. It is entirely in Furlan. Among the contributors is Stiefin Morat, whose Donald dal Tiliment (2000) signalled a fresh new direction for Furlan fiction. The two editions that have so far been published online have also contained audio files of readings and music. Overall a very impressive and promising site.
www.scritorsfurlans.org -- L'Union Scrit�rs Furlans is a collection of Furlan writers, many with familiar names. So far the site includes PDF files of three annual reviews.
www.natisone.it -- This site, titled Di C� e di L� Dal Nadison, is the labour of love of Aldo Taboga. In its display of various Furlan traditions and as a place where Furlans gather to chat, it reminds me of a Fogol�r club. Its main language of presentation is Italian, but a little exploring will turn up a fair bit of Friulian, including some history, songs, poetry (www.natisone.it/furlanis/elenco0.htm) and weekly Mass readings and commentary, not to mention the occasional Furlan that pops up in the chat group. Of particular linguistic interest are extracts from a series of books on myths and legends of selected regions within Friuli (www.natisone.it/miti/miti00.htm), written in the local Friulian dialect (with Italian translations).
digilander.libero.it/ladinsdalfriul/sommario.htm -- This is the new website of Ladins dal Fri�l, a group whose focus seems to be Furlan cultural and linguistic nationalism. Their online journal is issued monthly and the archives at this site go back to 2002 (the issues from 2001 can be found at their old site, www.officepoint.it/ladins). There is a substantial amount of Friulian text on these pages.
www.friul.it -- This site has contained interesting material in the past (including a much-linked Pi�ule Guide de Grafie Ufici�l de Lenghe Furlane Normalizade) but is currently off-line. I'm expecting some good material when it returns, especially on Radio Onde Furlane, the Friulian-language radio station devoted to Furlan culture.
Poetry and other literatue (see also www.lacomugne.it, above)
web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/culturetin/c/ca.htm -- The poetry of Ermes di Colloredo (1622-92), one of the high points of Friulian literature.
Caterina Percoto -- Bindo Chiurlo's 1929 edition of the short stories of Friuli's most important prose writer of the 19th century. The site also includes a link to Amedeo Giacomini's 1988 edition.
www.club.it/autori/grandi/pierpaolo.pasolini/poediale.html -- Selected poetry by Pier Paolo Pasolini, poet, novelist, essayist, and film director.
userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/DP -- Italian Dialect Poetry -- A wonderful website by Luigi Bonaffini at Brooklyn College. Furlan poets are well represented (userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/DP/poets.htm), and for each there is a short bio, an introduction to their work, and sample poetry (with English translation). The page dedicated to Nelvia Di Monte even includes audio files of the poet reading her own work. There is also a general introduction to Friulian poetry (userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/DP/friuli.htm). Described as "a work in progress", this site should be checked out regularly.
www.laboratorioeuropeo.it/pdf/macor.pdf -- Poetry by Celso Macor (with translations apparently in Slovenian).
users.libero.it/r.paolini -- Poems by Rina Peressotti Paolini. More of her poetry (in both Friulian and Italian) can be found at www.dmf.bs.unicatt.it/~paolini/varie/cjanton/Mamma.
www.ombra.net/artit/mnr/indrigo -- Poetry by Francesco Indrigo.
www.artebrazilis.com.br/italy/friul/lamevite/indice.htm -- Poetry by Graziella Noacco
www.malipiero.com/pioniirs/friulano.htm -- Pion�rs is a brand-new poetry journal currently inviting submissions.
www.friulionline.com/fol/pipins/indice.htm -- PDF files of the Furlan comic strip, Pipins.
www.sangiorgioinsieme.it/librionline.html -- This page, from a website on the town of San Giorgio della Richinvelda, includes links to various texts, many of which are in Furlan (including drama and fiction by Alberto Luchini, a local writer).
multicultura.univ.trieste.it/friulani/index.htm -- From the University of Trieste, a collection of theses on Friulian topics (in PDF format). Several are on unpublished older manuscripts, with interesting notes on orthography, pronunciation, etc.
Rather confusingly, there are two websites named Glesie Furlane on the net, and both include translations into Friulian of parts of the Bible and the liturgy, but the sites are completely independent and the translations completely different:
www.glesiefurlane.it -- This Glesie Furlane site is a website-in-progress featuring the translations into Friulian of religious texts. The translations used are those of Father Checo Placerean. So far the New Testament and parts of the Old Testament have been uploaded, as well as Mass texts for Sundays in 2002 and 2003.
www.friul.net/glesie.html -- No relation to the site of the same namee, above, this Glesie Furlane website showcases the religious/ecclesiastical writings (in Furlan) of Fr. Antoni Beline, one of the driving forces behind La Patrie dal Fri�l. In addition to Fr. Beline's copious writings, this site includes the translations of the Gospels produced by the Istituto Pio Paschini (see below).
www.istitutopiopaschini.it -- The Istituto Pio Paschini per la Storia della Chiesa in Friuli is a scholarly organization concerned with various aspects of the Church in Friuli. Although the site and most of the publications listed are in Italian, the institute is noteworthy for having over the past few years prepared the official Friulian translations of the Bible and the Lectionary. The episcopal presentations for these are given in Furlan. While the site doesn't include the texts themselves, the Intsitute's translations of the Gospels are available at www.friul.net/glesie/bibie.html
www.praxisfriuli.it -- The bilingual (Italian-Friulian) website of Praxis Friuli, a Catholic social-action group from Aquileia. Articles include pieces on local art and architecture.
Miscellaneous not-yet-classified websites with at least some and sometimes much Friulian content:
www.istitutladinfurlan.it -- The Istitut Ladin Furlan "Pre Checo Placerean" is an association that has published an impressive collection of works in Friulian on local culture. While the site is in Furlan, there don't seem to be any links to extracts from their various publications.
members.tripod.com/rivocfurlan/friul.htm -- Il Rivoc Furlan, a website (in progress) on Furlan from someone in the Lake Como area of Lombardy. Currently uploaded are a couple of articles that originally appeared in La Patrie dal Fri�l. (There is a link to an audio version of one of these articles, but the link was dead when I tried it.)
www.donneincarnia.it/ieri/leggende.htm
www.bassafriulana.org
www.bassafriulana.org/cultura/ass-culturali/ad_undecimum/annuari/annuario01/sommario01.htm
-- Ad Undecimum
www.arzino.it/page55.html
-- legends and customs of Carnia
www.cjargne.it -- Cjargne Online
www.cjargne.it/poesie.htm
www.linmiter.net/lexique/frioulan.html -- limited (environmental?)
dict.
www.fuarcefriul.it/Dorigo.htm -- thesis
www.angelfire.com/la/labassa/furlan.html -- La Bassa's furlan
publications
www.uniud.it/~bachiorrini/MACOR.htm -- a story by a prof in Udine
www.magazzinodeiteatranti.it/vieli.htm -- The Old Man and the Sea
www.artebrazilis.com.br/italy/friul/provfri.htm -- Furlan provervs
(Brazilian site)
friuli.qnet.it/ilponte -- Il
Ponte (each issue has some furlan -- "arretrati" is the link to back-issues)
www.teatrodivile.it --
"Compagnie dal teatri sperimental di vile di buje"
www.teatrodivile.it/Lavor/InCjase/InCjaseTest.htm -- text of "In
Cjase"
www.bdp.it/comprensivopagnacco/elemoruzzo/friulano.htm -- the
Nativity as described by elementary school students
www.gfbv.it/ladin/dossier/ladin-fr.html -- furlan article on Ladin
www.uniud.it/cirf/furlan/welcome.htm -- Centri interdipartiment�l pe
ricercje su la culture e la lenghe dal Fri�l "Josef Marchet"
www.filologicafriulana.it
-- Filologjiche (site's in Italian!)
www.folkcapriva.it/Furlan/home_fur.htm -- Gruppo folkloristico
Caprivese
www.comune.muzzanadelturgnano.ud.it/territorio/storia_01f.htm
www.comune.muzzanadelturgnano.ud.it/paese/storia_01.htm
www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2533 -- Dree Mistrut
www.faf.too.it -- Fantats Furlans
spazioinwind.libero.it/faf/Cultura/culturaf.htm -- contemporary
poetry, writing
www.flmd.nl/bitterswiet/friulian.htm -- furlan translation of Frisian
poem
NEW! http://www.mezzasporcadozzina.it -- A talented group of singers and brass musicians performing traditional and new folk music with a tongue-in-cheek Furlan twist. The website includes music samples and lyrics. ("C.J.A.M.E." to the tune of Y.M.C.A. is not to be missed.)
www.linostraulino.com -- The (ever-changing) website of Lino Straulino, a prolific contemporary singer-songwriter from Carnia. The site includes lyrics, many of which are in (Carnic) Friulian. Lino has also collaborated with Maurizio Mattiuzza on a project called Tiere Nere, the website for which (www.tierenere.net) includes Furlan texts from some of their productions.
www.maieron.it/index2.htm -- Gigi Maieron is another prolific singer--songwriter, and he too comes from Carnia. There are links to four of his albums: that for Anime Femine includes both lyrics and audio files, while those for Orepresint and Si V�f include lyrics only (there is nothing much on the link to Il Troi e la Ruv�s). The lyrics from Si V�f have also been uploaded as poetry in PDF format at www.ecchermusic.com/canzoni/maieron_testi_fr.pdf.
digilander.libero.it/altos/musiche%20senze%20confins%20flk.htm -- The band FLK has put out several CDs, all in Friulian. Their sound is quite polished and interesting -- the musicians are top-notch and the lead vocalist is outstanding. This site (set up by a fan, it seems) includes lyrics from a few songs and one mp3 file. It's a pity there doesn't seem to be an official site for the band.
digilander.libero.it/nosisa/index.htm -- Nosis� (under construction).
www.arbegarbe.com -- Arbe Garbe - a punk band.
www.avf.it -- A music studio with an extensive catalogue of recordings of mainly traditional Friulian music, which can be ordered online.
www.550m.com/usuarios/friuli/biblioteca/canciones.htm -- Lyrics from traditional popular songs.
www.beat-les.it/disco.htm -- You have to see (and hear) it to believee it. I Be�t L�s are a Beatles lookalike and soundalike band with a twist -- they sing in Furlan! The site includes audio clips and lyrics, and more: the group's success has led to the formation of a cultural association, Numar 1, intent on promoting the use of Friulian among youth: www.beat-les.it/numar1fri.htm.
www.aisle-7.com/a7quote.html -- The site that proves that you can find anything on the internet. This page consists of quotes uttered by Kevin Spacey in the various movies he's starred in, translated into various languages including Furlan! Go figure...
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