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But in Sicily there are different dialects of the same mother language, is that right?
by gotchange 11y ago
But in Sicily there are different dialects of the same mother language, is that right?
- davidw 11y agoLanguages/dialects in Italy are complicated! http://vgsitaliansig.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Languages_spoken_in_Italy_svg.png http://vgsitaliansig.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Language... Many of them basically evolved from latin on their own, rather than from some kind of standard Italian. Standardization has come later, with TV/radio/travel spreading 'standard' Italian. For fun, here's "Where did the guy go?" in Italian, followed by some sort of Venetian: "Dov'e` andato il ragazzo?" "Dove xeo nda' el toso?"
- antirez 11y agoTo see how Sicilian is far away, and considered a separated idiom, the Sicilian translation is illuminating: "Dov'e` andato il ragazzo" -> "Unna sinni ji' lu carusu?"
- antirez 11y agoSicilian is a single language that extends even in some part of near regions like Calabria and Puglia (the south parts), it predates Italian a lot, and was one of the main literature schools in ancient times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_School. So from one part to the other of Sicily there are a few different words and accents and there is a division by "groups", but it's pretty much the same thing.