Why Does Italian Have So Many Dialects?
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Why Does Italian Have So Many Dialects?
01:45 1. The Historical Origin of Dialects
04:56 2. Geography and Dialects
07:42 3. The Unification of Italy and the Role of Dialects
11:49 4. Overview of Italy's Main Dialects
15:04 5. My own experience as a Native Italian
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Super video, Valentina-- I am American English teacher currently living and working in Bari and I would give you an A+ if you were to make this presentation in one of my advanced English classes. You've presented a complex topic in a simple, clear, and understandable way which students of Italian language and culture from all over the world will appreciate. Bravissimo!
Grazie a te, Charles! Coming from a fellow teacher, your appreciation is even more gratifying!
Un vlog molto informativo! Grazie. The fact that you can be stumped by your neighbors means I will not feel so bad if I struggle to understand someone when I am there in a few weeks.
Esatto! Even though the vast majority of people will use standard Italian, the dialects still show through in differences of accent and pronunciation. Enjoy your visit!
Here in London I knew a cafe owner who came from the far north of Italy. Her husband was from the south. She couldn't speak to his mother, because the old lady spoke no Italian, only her dialect! I also once had my hair cut by a young guy, just in his 20s, from Sicily. I asked if he spoke Siciliana and he said no, another dialect from Palermo. But when I mentioned that I can speak a little Italian, he refused to speak it, because it wasn't his "real" language. He actually insisted on speaking French instead! I've never known an Italian who was willing to speak French before ...
Molto interessante! I can easily believe that the old lady did not speak Italian at all, that was still very common until some years ago with older people. But I must admit I am pretty surprised by your experience with the young guy, that's not very common nowadays. I suppose he feels pretty proud of his Palermo roots.
Thank you , very interesting. My wife is Sicilian, her father was from Tortoricci. Now I understand him.
When I first started traveling to Italy after studying Italian for several years, I thought I was getting everything wrong during my time in the south (professors were from Lazio). I also had trouble understanding them. It was a hard lesson in the different dialects. I can usually tell when an Italian speaker is from Rome when watching a movie or documentary because the words are very clear to me.
Yes, that's definitely an issue most students are not aware of!
Thank you so much for this video! Six of my eight great grandparents were from Italy - most from Calabria and others from Lazio and Abruzzo. One of my older cousins told me it was common that most of the original Italian immigrants in her neighborhood spoke different dialects and often had trouble communicating with each other. Two of my paternal great grandparents met in America and with my GGF from Lazio and my GGM from Abruzzo I used to wonder how they were able to communicate. I learned recently that my GGFs father was from Abruzzo and specifically came from a village very close to the ancestral village of his wife so my guess is this must have made it easier for them to communicate.
Thank you, Valentina. Went through to the end. Very interesting. I spent some time in Italy and have studied Italian history. Not claiming to be an expert but very aware of the city states and regions. Having walked a lot in Italy, I know that the geography made areas isolated from even seemingly close neighbours. Also,the Savoys had been caught between the Spanish and French, prompting the Savoys to relocate to Torino in the 1560’s. The French influence in the language (accent) is noticeable but differs from that in Aosta. The northeast regions, having been under the Austrians for so long, many in the population are bilingual.
One of the challenges,if you are trying to learn or improve your Italian, is that the well educated people in northern Italy, when they hear your weak language skills, immediately switch to English. I admire their abilities. Too many of us in North America, only speak English.
So true, Jim. But as I always tell my students, don't give up! Keep replying in Italian (or visit central Italy and less know areas or regions, where not many Italians speak English 😉)
Affascinante! Qualche anni fa ho comprato in Palermo un dizionario, italiano/siciliano. Molto interessante Valentina. Grazie
Love this pivot to history! Dialect is such an interesting topic!
Ah!! Sapevo che ti sarebbe piaciuto, Michele! 😉
I want to say as someone who grew up in a Sicilian-american house (my great grandparents were from Palermo) - I wish that I was taught Italian as a child and wish that I could have been taken back to Sicily to experience it. These days, I have been slowly learning Italian on my own, and I enjoy your videos very much. I often wonder if my great grandparents and grandmother were speaking the Sicilian dialect, or just "universal" italian. My wife (she is Calabrian) and I are planning a trip to Italy next year, and we are planning to visit Sicily. Thank you for your very clear and helpful lessons in Italian. I still have many videos yet to watch!
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Thank you for the share 😉 appreciate your work and smiles . Hahaha i’am just a man , 4 th gen Italian who’s family stopped speaking the language . Listening to you inspires me , hopefully I can learn . I’ve never heard anyone other then my Nona speak where her parents are from , until you . The first northern place , Pumintzi is where her mother or father was from . Not that it’s important , yet it makes for good conversation ……
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Benvenuto! 😊
I am coming to Italy we days. Hopeful to learn Italian and experience Italian culture diversity.
Thank you so much for this video it makes me to be more interested in Italian language and I will like to understand more
Loved this video. Loved the history and explanation of it all. Please keep doing more like this. Excellent.
Thanks!
Grazie per il tuo sostegno!
Absolutely loved this video! The content is so engaging and informative. Your presentation style is fantastic, making it easy to understand about Italian culture and history. Keep up the excellent work! Can't wait to see more content from you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm trying to upload more content about Italian culture, please have a look at my dedicated Playlist and stay tuned for more! 😉
Everything was new to me. Very interesting! You are perfect ❤
Very well done presentation, with excellent delivery and production quality (kudos to the camera person). I never realized that the dialects were so extreme and your story about overhearing your neighbors is quite surprising. I am now better prepared to accommodate language variations as I travel your beautiful country with my basic Italian language skills.
That was one of my goals, George, because I do know this can be very frustrating for students if they are not at all prepared for it.
What a fascinating video! I will watch it a few more times before I have the wonderful opportunity to visit Italy for the third time. This time I will have the time (and budget) to travel to some of the less touristy areas that you have mentioned. Thank you for all the information.
Buon viaggio!
Thank you for another very informative video. My father was originally from Tuscany and of course spoke standard Italian. He came to the US in 1950, where he met my mother whose family is Sicilian. My mother was born in the US but her parents (my grandparents) came to the US from Ragusa in the 1920’s. After they were married, my parents lived in an apartment in a house owned by my grandfather where the Sicilian dialect was spoken. As a matter of fact, when I started speaking as a baby it was in the Sicilian dialect, which was eventually replaced by English when I started school. One time, after living with his Sicilian in-laws for several years, my father called back home to talk to his family in Tuscany but they could barely understand him because he had picked up so much of the Sicilian dialect.
Grazie mille, Joe, for sharing your experience! I can absolutely imagine your father having difficulties communicating with his Tuscan family after so many years of Sicilian full immersion! That really is a great example of what actually happens in many italian-american families.
Excellent video thank you so informative, interesting and entertaining. 😊
Thank you Valentina, very interesting video. I was in Marche (La Cana, Carassai) recently and struggled to follow the dielectric but now that you have explained the differences in dialect I can fully understand why….Thanks again, Mark
Yes Mark, the struggle is real also for me, as I said in the video, after many years living here in Marche! :)
Thank you for sharing the knowledge 🎉❤
Ciao! Grazie mille… that was a very interesting mix of history and language. I’d thought the dialects were similar to the different accents and speech variations here in the UK, but it is so much more complicated! Your video was very clear and informative !
I'm glad it was helpful! And yes, that is a very common misconception but absolutely understandable, Italian history is so complex and convoluted that even Italians sometimes are not fully aware of it and all its consequences on our language and culture!
Wonderful video, Valentina! My family are from Caltagirone and Sambuca Zabut ( indeed an Arabic name!) Italia is so rich in history.
Ah, bella Caltagirone!
Again, I thank you, for such an informative, and intriguing subject matter. Of course, when we are immersed in the dialects. Of our own countries. It is easy to assume. They do not exist elsewhere. Clearly, this is not the case. I will thus be prepared to encounter, and recognise. The intricacies, of your country. Upon my arrival, and the awe, it will undoubtedly invoke.
Enjoy your visit, Eleanor!
Thank you 🎉
Very interesting video
Thank you so much for sharing this information with us
I just want to add that there is also the griko language which is spoken in salento and calabria which is a mixture of greek and italian languages
Very, very interesting ❤
Thank you for this awesome video, it was very interesting.
Maybe one day! 😊
I indeed did watch this to the end! And, talk about a connection. I was born in Messina. I grew up in Syracuse, and I now live only 18 km from Palermo! And I am just now learning Italian? HOW does that make sense? Ask me and I will tell you.
Incredibile!
@@ItalianTeacherValentina I can't send a picture of a map, but all these places are in the northern part of New York state! 😁🤣
@@Javaman92 😂😂You got me!! "Me l'hai fatta"!! 😄😄
A friend of mine from evening classes Italian just came back from Naples (IT) Altough we've already done 3 years of Italian, the moment he opened his mouth in Italian all started talking English to him. And although he (at first anyway...) persisted in Italian they wouldn't budge. Made him sad and disappointed...
Ah, mi dispiace molto per il tuo amico, Jan! This is unfortunately very common nowadays, since many Italians can speak English, especially in more touristic places. It often has nothing to do with the level of the student, it happens - in my opinion - mostly for two reasons: they want to avoid misunderstandings (especially in bars/restaurants...) and they want the opportunity to practice their English. Going to less touristic places where English is not so much spoken is a way to avoid this.
Sicilians spoke Greek until the 11th century. After that it became integrated with Norman French . After 1860 , the Italians invaded and made it illegal to speak Sicilian
Honestly I am fascinated by Sardinian. I highly suspect it has some non Indo European roots based off what Sardinians have told me, and from archaeology and genetics.
Very interesting video. I come from Denmark where we are only 5-6 mio. people, and here we also have at least 6 dialects. :) I would be interested, if you could go further into the Italian dialects. I didn't hear anything about Puglia, and Calabria, but maybee they are just a part of some of the others?
No, they all have their own dialects (eg. Pugliese, Calabrese) with their local variations, I just couldn't name them all! 😄
Grazie Mille Valentina, I miei nonni sono pugliesi, cioè Crisipano e Corato. Purtroppo non ci è stato insegnato l'italiano a casa, ma siamo stati influenzati dal dialetto. Imparare l'italiano corretto è stato un po' difficile, ma adoro imparare la lingua.
La tua è una situazione comune, Joseph. Ma non è mai troppo tardi e quando c'è la motivazione (e la passione) si raggiungono risultati incredibili!
Yes i want to know how media affected the language
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Esatto!!
Loved the video!
My family immigrated from Potenza. I took italian in school, but could not speak or understand the dialect they spoke. What dialect is spoken in Potenza?
It's called "Lucano" because "Lucania" was the ancient name of that area
Hi. Very interesting ! The U.K. has different dialects, ie Scottish, Walsh, Cornish,
So what dialect of Italy do you teach then please.
As I explained in the video, all native Italians are thaught standard Italian in school, and that is what I teach, which is the language that's commonly and officially spoken in the entire Country.
technically in chinese italian german these should be called regional languages not dialects
mustrà u luv Sassarese
Penso proprio che in nessun paese al mondo ci siano così tanti dialetti già ti sposti di 5 km si parla diverso
Calabra dalect
Calabrese!
Lady, it's not pronounced "Laydin" but "La.tin"
This video is too long and the reason for the many dialects is that Italy was not one country always. Italy used to be many countries designated by famies.