Louis Frolla was a clergyman and writer in Monégasque

Monégasque language

Monégasque is a dialect of the modern Ligurian language, spoken in Monaco.- Language family :Forming a part of the Western Romance dialect continuum, Monégasque shares many features with the variety of Ligurian spoken in Genoa, but differs from its neighboring dialects Intemelio and Mentonasc. It...

, the national language of the Principality of Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

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Lexicographical writings

He was notably the author of a Monégasque Grammar

Grammar

In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...

 (1960) through the medium of French and a Monégasque-French Dictionary (1963). These works were much later reissued by the Comité National des Traditions Monégasques.

A French-Monégasque Dictionary, by Louis Barral

Louis Barral

-Lexicographical writings:He was the joint author, with Suzanne Simone, of a French–Monégasque Dictionary . This work complements Louis Frolla's Monégasque–French Dictionary ....

 and Suzanne Simone, complementing Frolla's edition, was issued in 1983.

See also

• Louis Barral#Lexicographical writings