Before the year 1000 the area of Nice was part of the Ligurian League , under the Republic of Genoa ; the population spoke a dialect different from the one of western Liguria , .
In the eastern part the language .
Before the year 1000 the area of Nice was part of the Ligurian League , under the Republic of Genoa ; the population spoke a dialect different from the one of western Liguria , whereas in the eastern part the language .