Bari dialect
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italo-Romance language variety
ⓘ
dialect of Italian ⓘ regional dialect ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | under pressure from Standard Italian ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Barese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dialetto barese ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Apulian cultural heritage
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identity of Bari inhabitants ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
distinct verb conjugation patterns
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use of clitic pronouns differing from Standard Italian ⓘ use of synthetic future forms differing from Standard Italian ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
loanwords from Arabic
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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
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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 alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| 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
NERFINISHED
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Romance languages ⓘ |
| moreDistantFrom | Standard Italian than northern Italian dialects ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Apulian dialects to varying degrees ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian language continuum ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan City of Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Apulian dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Italian dialect ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday informal communication
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local literature ⓘ local music ⓘ popular sayings and proverbs ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
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