Talk:Friulians

This article is about the current ethnolinguistic group
This is an article about the modern Friulian ethnolinguistic group of the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. There have been any repeated attempts by users to connect the group to ancient ethnic groups on this page (notably those from the Lombardy area) by citing languages like Lombard or ancient regions like Rhaetia or Insubria, or like below in denying the "reliability" of this group's self-identification as Friulians. The infobox on the current ethnolinguistic group should not be used as a forum to insert speculative past ancient ethnic exchanges, especially regarding peoples which have not been given a Wikipedia "ethnic group" page, but rather to provide quick and accurate information about Friulians today. As a result, until a consensus is reached here, I am deleting (and will delete) all reference to ethnic groups not extant or connected to Friulians without sourcing and a current Wikipedia "ethnic group" page without the consensus the majority of at least three Wikipedians. --Lllibéral (talk) 02:20, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

They aren’t an ethnicity
Friulians are not an ethnic group, they are Venetians. They descend from Romanised Venetics, they have always been united with Veneto in their history, they have nothing different culturally and there are also a lot of Venetian-speaking communities in Friuli. Also Friulian language is highly influenced by Venetian. 5.91.22.177 (talk) 12:27, 3 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry, no. Friulians are not only a separate ethnic group, their language is completely separate in its base from Venetian - Venetian is not Rhaeto-Romance of any description. They have not "always been united with Veneto in their history," the Patrie dal Friûl was independent within the HRE for hundreds of years. Lllibéral (talk) 07:37, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah and don't forget that Rhaetia covered parts of Bavaria, Northern Lombardy, Switzerland, and Austria. Rhaetianlombard (talk) 23:23, 11 October 2022 (UTC)