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Carnia
Carnia (Cjargne in standard Friulian, Cjargna/Cjargno in local variants of Friulian, Karnien in German) is a historical-geographic region of Friuli, which is part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region.

It covers the western and central part of the Carnic Alps mountain range in the Province of Udine, therefore it borders Veneto and Austria (Carinthia), but not Slovenia. The main town is is Tolmezzo.

Italian is the official language. Nevertheless Friulian, a Rhaeto-Romance language, is widely spoken. The German Austro-Bavarian dialect can be heard in the language islands of Sauris, Paluzza-Timau and Sappada.

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