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Pages in category "Languages of Abruzzo" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arbëresh language; N.
The dialects spoken in the Abruzzo region can be divided into three main groups: Sabine dialect, in the province of L'Aquila, a central Italian dialect; Abruzzo Adriatic dialect, in the province of Teramo, Pescara and Chieti, that is virtually abandoned in the province of Ascoli Piceno, a southern Italian dialect
Before the Italian unification some eastern parts of Molise were part of the Province of Foggia (Capitanata), whilst some western areas, in particular Venafro, were part of the Terra di Lavoro (literally "Land of Work"), and Upper Molise was part of Abruzzo. For this very reason, the dialect spoken in Venafro may well be likened to the dialects ...
According to Minority Rights Group International: "The ethnic Albanian (Arbëresh) dialects of Italy bear little resemblance to the standard language or dialects of Albania, as they have been cut off from the main language for around 500 years. Some dialects spoken in Italy are so dissimilar that ethnic Albanians use Italian as a lingua franca ...
E. A. Mario (1884–1961), was a prolific author of songs in dialect and in Italian (La leggenda del Piave, Vipera, and Balocchi e profumi to mention only a few). Tito Schipa (1888–1965), tenor. He sang in Italy from 1910, specializing in lyrical roles. Maria Caniglia (1905–1979), was "the leading Italian lyric-dramatic soprano of the 1930s ...
The dialect is therefore in many respects similar, in particular in the vocabulary, to the dialects of Campania, although it differs from them on the phonetic level (similar to the Abruzzo dialects) and from the influence of the Central-Northern Latian dialects spoken in the nearby central-northern areas of the provinces of Frosinone and Latina.
ABC's "Home Improvement" centered around Tim "The Toolman Taylor," the host of home-improvement TV show "Tool Time." Tim had to balance his life as a TV show host, along with being a family man ...
Along with Ronjat [9] and Bec, [10] it is now clearly recognized as a dialect of its own. The UNESCO Atlas of World's languages in danger [11] uses the Alpine Provençal name, and considers it as seriously endangered. Glottolog recognizes the Gardiòl variety of the dialect as a distinct language within the Occitanic language family. [12]