Gallo-Italic of Basilicata

Dialect of Italian
Gallo-Italic of Basilicata
Lucanian
Native toNorthwest Italy
RegionBasilicata (Southern Italy)
Language family
Indo-European
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      • Latin
        • Romance
          • Italo-Western
            • Western Romance
              • Gallo-Iberian
                • Gallo-Romance
                  • Gallo-Italic
                    • Gallo-Italic of Basilicata
Language codes
ISO 639-3
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The Gallo-Italic of Basilicata (Italian: Gallo-italico di Basilicata) is a group of Gallo-Italic dialects found in Basilicata in southern Italy,[1] that could date back to migrations from Northern Italy during the time of the Normans.

These dialects are found in two areas: one near the regional capital of Potenza (in Tito, Picerno, Pignola and Vaglio Basilicata), but not in Castelmezzano, and another on the Tyrrhenian coast (Trecchina, Rivello, Nemoli and San Costantino).[2]

Similar communities have survived in Sicily, speaking Gallo-Italic dialects of Sicily.

References

  1. ^ Rohlfs, Gerhard (1931). "Zeit. roman. Phil.". Gallo-italienische Sprachinseln in der Basilicata (in German). pp. 249–279.
  2. ^ Bianchi, Patricia; De Blasi, Nicola; Fanciullo, Franco (2002). "La Basilicata". In Manlio Cortelazzo (ed.). I dialetti italiani. Storia, struttura, uso (in Italian). Turin: UTET. pp. 757–792.

Sources

  • Lüdtke, Helmut (1979). Lucania. Profilo dei dialetti italiani, 17. Pisa: Pacini.
  • Nicola De Blasi; Paolo Di Giovine; Franco Fanciullo (1991). Le parlate lucane e la dialettologia italiana (Studi in memoria di Gerhard Rohlfs). Atti del convegno di Potenza 1988 (in Italian). Galatina: Congedo Editore. ISBN 88-7786-453-2.
  • Rohlfs, Gerhard (1988). Studi linguistici sulla Lucania e sul Cilento (in Italian). Galatina: Congedo Editore. ISBN 978-88-7786-357-7.
  • Toso, Fiorenzo (2002). Le minoranze linguistiche in Italia (in Italian). Bologna: Il Mulino. ISBN 88-15-12677-5.
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