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"Dialects of Italian" (in Italian "dialetti dell'italiano") are varieties of (standard) Italian, and they should not be confused with the varieties sometimes labelled "Dialects of Italy" (in Italian "Dialetti dell'Italia"), which are mainly unrecognized languages, different from and generally not mutually intelligible with Italian, and correctly assigned to separate branches on the Romance language family tree by e.g. Ethnologue, in publications sponsored by UNESCO, etc. A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. ...
A variety of a language is a form that differs from other forms of the language systematically and coherently. ...
The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
Jump to: navigation, search UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ...
The label "Italian dialects" is often but ambiguously used, sometimes referring to the "Dialects of Italian" and sometimes to the "Dialects of Italy". This use should be discouraged, as it is apt to lead to misunderstandings. Italian dialects (in Italian dialetti italiani) are varieties of standard Italian, whereas Dialects of Italy (in Italian Dialetti dItalia) are unrecognized languages, such as Sicilian, Vèneto, Piedmontese, spoken in Italy whose grammar, syntaxis and vocabulary are very different from standard Italian but which have not been officially given...
List of Varieties
Italkian is a Jewish-Italian dialect that combines Hebrew and Italian, it has been spoken mainly between the 10th and the 17th centuries in Rome and in central and northern Italy (notably in Livorno). ...
The Tuscan dialect (toscano) is the dialect of the Italian language, that is the base of modern standard Italian. ...
Italiano mediano is a group of Romance dialects spoken in Latium and areas East of Latium in Italy. ...
Neapolitan (Nnapulitano in Neapolitan and Napoletano in Italian) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Napule, Italian: Napoli), and in all or parts of the surrounding regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Lazio, Marche, Molise, and Puglia in southern Italy. ...
Neapolitan (nnapulitano or napulitano in Neapolitan and napoletano in Italian) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Napule or Nnapule, Italian: Napoli), and in all or parts of the surrounding regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria (Not southern Calabria, which linguistically belongs to Sicilian...
Introduction Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ...
Bibliography Maiden, Martin and Parry, Mair: The Dialects of Italy, London 1997.
Maiden, Martin: A Linguistic History of Italian, London 1995.
Hall, Robert A. Jr.: External History of the Romance Languages, New York 1974.
Comrie, Bernard, Matthews, Stephen and Polinsky, Maria: The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World. Rev. ed., New York 2003.
Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.): Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Vol. 1, 2000.
"Italian dialects" (in Italian "dialetti italiani") or "dialects of Italian" (in Italian "dialetti dell'italiano") are varieties of standard Italian, whereas "dialects of Italy" (in Italian "dialetti dell'Italia") are mainly unrecognized language varieties, such as Piedmontese, Lombard, Venetian, Sicilian, etc. used by speaker communities (mainly in Italy and Switzerland) who have adopted Italian as their standard written language (with the exception of Corsica, where the written standard is French). Their grammar, syntax and vocabulary may be very different from standard Italian (as is the case for the Gallo-Romance varieties Piedmontese, Lombard, etc., but for historical and political reasons they have not yet been given official status and/or have not yet developed a unified written standard. Italian dialects (in Italian dialetti italiani) are varieties of standard Italian, whereas Dialects of Italy (in Italian Dialetti dItalia) are unrecognized languages, such as Sicilian, Vèneto, Piedmontese, spoken in Italy whose grammar, syntaxis and vocabulary are very different from standard Italian but which have not been officially given...
A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a particular variety of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. ...
A variety of a language is a form that differs from other forms of the language systematically and coherently. ...
Piedmontese (also known as Piemontèis, Piemontese in Italian) is spoken by some 3 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. ...
The term Lombard (or Lombardic) language refers to a group of related dialects spoken in Southern Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons) and Northern Italy (most of Lombardy and some areas of neighbouring regions), and in Sicily. ...
Venetian is a Romance language spoken by over two million people in and around Venice. ...
Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ...
Grammar is the discovery, enunciation, and study of rules governing the use of language. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Syntax, originating from the Greek words συν (sun, meaning ‘together’) and ταξις (taxis, meaning sequence/order), can be described as the study of the rules, or patterned relations that govern the way the words in a sentence come together. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A vocabulary is a set of words known to a person or other entity, or that are part of a specific language. ...
The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages includes French, Oïl languages, Catalan, and Occitan, among other languages. ...
A variety of a language is a form that differs from other forms of the language systematically and coherently. ...
Piedmontese (also known as Piemontèis, Piemontese in Italian) is spoken by some 3 million people in Piedmont, northwest Italy. ...
The term Lombard (or Lombardic) language refers to a group of related dialects spoken in Southern Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons) and Northern Italy (most of Lombardy and some areas of neighbouring regions), and in Sicily. ...
Many "dialects of Italy" should thus be considered distinct languages in their own right, and actually are assigned to separate branches on the Romance language family tree by e.g. Ethnologue, in publications sponsored by UNESCO, etc. The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
Jump to: navigation, search UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ...
The label "Italian dialects" is often, but improperly, used when actually referring to the "dialects of Italy". However, even the label "dialects of Italy" is rather unfortunate, as it comprises also varieties spoken outside the Italian Republic (Lombard in Switzerland, Corsican in Corsica) and/or by communities not adopting Italian as their written standard (Corsica). This label is problematic also if interpreted as "Romance varieties specific to the Italian Republic", as Sardinian, Ladin and Friulian, although located entirely on Italian territory, are commonly assigned to separate groups within the Romance family. The term Lombard (or Lombardic) language refers to a group of related dialects spoken in Southern Switzerland (Ticino and the Grisons) and Northern Italy (most of Lombardy and some areas of neighbouring regions), and in Sicily. ...
Corsica (Corsican: Corsica, French: Corse) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). ...
Jump to: navigation, search Capital Ajaccio Land area¹ 8,680 km² Regional President ² Ange Santini (UMP) (since 2004) Population - Jan. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Capital Ajaccio Land area¹ 8,680 km² Regional President ² Ange Santini (UMP) (since 2004) Population - Jan. ...
The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
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Ladin (Ladino in Italian, Ladin in Ladin, Ladinisch in German) is a Rhaetian language spoken in the Dolomite mountains in Italy, between the regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Veneto. ...
Friulian (friulano in Italian, Furlan in Friulian) is a Romance language belonging to the Rhaetian languages family, spoken in the north-east of Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia province) by about 600,000 people, the vast majority of whom also speak Italian. ...
The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
List of varieties Because of the extreme variations between the dialects of Calabria, in southern Italy, they are subdivided into two different Romance language groups. The southern and central sections of Calabria are home to the Italiano meridionale-estremo language group, simply referred to as the "Sicilian language." The northern section of Calabria is home to the Italiano meridionale-interno language group, simply referred to as the "Neapolitan language." For these reasons, Ethnologue often lists these languages as Calabro-Sicilian and Napoletano-Calabrese. Gallo-Italic is a language_family within the Gallo-Romance languages. ...
Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ...
The Lombards or Longobards or Langobards were the Germanic tribe who gave their name to Lombardy, an administrative entity in Northern Italy. ...
Emiliano-Romagnolo is a Gallo-Italic dialect within the Gallo-Romance languages. ...
Italiano mediano is a group of Romance dialects spoken in Latium and areas East of Latium in Italy. ...
Umbro-romanesco is a linguistic entity belonging to the Italian dialects spoken in Italy. ...
Jump to: navigation, search A Neapolitan is a resident of Naples, Italy or the language of Naples, the surrounding region of Campania, and most of southern Italy. ...
Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily, Italy. ...
Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ...
Venetian could mean of Venice of the venetia territory of the Republic of Venice of the venet nation the Venetian language The Venetian, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada A venetian blind - a horizontally slatted window blind. ...
The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ...
Introduction Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ...
Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ...
Neapolitan (Nnapulitano in Neapolitan and Napoletano in Italian) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Napule, Italian: Napoli), and in all or parts of the surrounding regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Lazio, Marche, Molise, and Puglia in southern Italy. ...
Neapolitan (nnapulitano or napulitano in Neapolitan and napoletano in Italian) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Napule or Nnapule, Italian: Napoli), and in all or parts of the surrounding regions of Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria (Not southern Calabria, which linguistically belongs to Sicilian...
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization which studies lesser-known languages primarily to provide the speakers with native language biblical texts. ...
A variety of Franco-Provençal can also be found in certain communities. There are also dialects in Calabria which do not belong exclusively to the Romance language family. In isolated pockets, a hybrid Byzantine/Greek/Romance language that dates back to the 9th century, called Griko, is spoken. In numerous villages, the Arbëreshë dialect of the Albanian language has been spoken since a wave of refugees settled there in the 15th century. Jump to: navigation, search Franco-Provençal or Arpitan is a Romance language consisting of dialects found in Italy: (Valle dAosta, Piemonte, Calabria, Apulia); in Switzerland: (cantons Fribourg, Valais, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, non-German speaking parts of Bern, but not Jura where the dialects spoken are French); and...
The Romance languages, also called Romanic languages, are a subfamily of the Italic languages, specifically the descendants of the Vulgar Latin dialects spoken by the common people evolving in different areas after the break-up of the Roman Empire. ...
Location map of the Griko-speaking areas in Salento and Calabria Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is a language combining ancient Greek, Byzantine Greek and Italian elements. ...
Flag Of The Arberesh People Arbëreshë are Albanian people living in southern Italy. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Albanian (gjuha shqipe //) is a language spoken by over 6 million people primarily in Albania, but also by smaller numbers of ethnic Albanians in other parts of the southern Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by emigrant groups in...
Although divided into different linguistic groups, the dialects of Calabria have been extensively studied, catalogued and commented upon (most exhaustively) by German philologist Gerhard Rohlfs. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1970s, he travelled the region extensively and assembled an imposing, multi-volume dictionary. Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ...
Gerhard Rohlfs (1831 - 1896) was a German geographer and adventurer who was the first European to cross Africa north to south. ...
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Bibliography Maiden, Martin and Parry, Mair: The Dialects of Italy, London 1997.
Maiden, Martin: A Linguistic History of Italian, London 1995.
Hall, Robert A. Jr.: External History of the Romance Languages, New York 1974.
Comrie, Bernard, Matthews, Stephen and Polinsky, Maria: The Atlas of Languages: The Origin and Development of Languages Throughout the World. Rev. ed., New York 2003.
Grimes, Barbara F. (ed.): Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Vol. 1, 2000.
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