Is Venetian a language or a dialect? It can be considered both

Is Venetian a language or a dialect? It can be considered both

An ancient map of the city of Venice, where Venetian, a variant of the Venetian language, spread. “Do you speak Venexian?” is the question you may hear while walking through the calluses of Venice, perhaps while trying to defend a dish of cicchetti from the assault of cocài. Talking about …