Bari dialect

E630120

The Bari dialect is a regional variety of the Italian language spoken primarily in and around the city of Bari in southern Italy, characterized by distinct phonetic and lexical features.

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Label Occurrences
Bari dialect canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Romance language variety ⓘ
dialect of Italian ⓘ
regional dialect ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
endangeredStatus under pressure from Standard Italian ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Barese ⓘ
dialetto barese ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Apulian cultural heritage ⓘ
identity of Bari inhabitants ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature distinct verb conjugation patterns ⓘ
use of clitic pronouns differing from Standard Italian ⓘ
use of synthetic future forms differing from Standard Italian ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Arabic ⓘ
loanwords from French ⓘ
loanwords from Greek ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish ⓘ
loanwords from other southern Italian varieties ⓘ
numerous lexical items not present in Standard Italian ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinct vowel system compared to Standard Italian ⓘ
frequent vowel reduction in unstressed syllables ⓘ
geminate consonants ⓘ
hasStatus primarily spoken, not official ⓘ
hasVariation rural varieties around Bari ⓘ
sub-varieties influenced by neighboring towns ⓘ
urban Bari variety ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
influencedBy Neapolitan dialect ⓘ
Sicilian dialect ⓘ
historical French and Angevin rule ⓘ
historical Greek presence in Apulia ⓘ
historical Spanish rule in southern Italy ⓘ
languageFamily Italo-Dalmatian languages ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
moreDistantFrom Standard Italian than northern Italian dialects ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Apulian dialects to varying degrees ⓘ
partOf Italian language continuum ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Bari ⓘ
spokenIn Apulia ⓘ
Bari ⓘ
Metropolitan City of Bari ⓘ
southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
subclassOf Apulian dialect ⓘ
Southern Italian dialect ⓘ
usedIn everyday informal communication ⓘ
local literature ⓘ
local music ⓘ
popular sayings and proverbs ⓘ
theatre ⓘ

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