by PolackTony » Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:46 am
Confederate wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:13 am
Guys, if you simply look at a Map of Italy, there are 5 DIFFERENT regions in the South:
1), Campania (Naples)
2). Puglia (Bari)
3). Basilicata
4). Calabria
5). Sicily
Each region has it's own dialect that is a little different than the other. No?
Anyway, the point is that Spilotro probably couldn't speak Italian anyway so it would not have mattered if his parents came from Sicily or Bari.
The dialects of the south are on a dialect continuum but they're categorized under two languages -- Napulitano and Sicilianu. Campania, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, and parts of Calabria and Puglia (along with the southern fringes of Lazio and Marche that historically were part of the Kingdom of Naples) speak local dialects that are all closely related enough that they're considered variants of Napulitano. The Salento area in Puglia and the part of Calabria south of Cosenza speak local variants of Sicilianu.
And yes Spilotro did state on the tape that he didn't speak much Italian. And only his father, FWIW was Barese. His mother was born in the US to Sicilian parents. Given that his father died when he was relatively young and his mother was American he may have not been exposed to as much Italian as someone like Lombardo (both parents immigrated from Bari) or DiFronzo (first generation kid who was born in Bari) for example.
[quote=Confederate post_id=159246 time=1594278832 user_id=5427]
Guys, if you simply look at a Map of Italy, there are 5 DIFFERENT regions in the South:
1), Campania (Naples)
2). Puglia (Bari)
3). Basilicata
4). Calabria
5). Sicily
Each region has it's own dialect that is a little different than the other. No?
Anyway, the point is that Spilotro probably couldn't speak Italian anyway so it would not have mattered if his parents came from Sicily or Bari.
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The dialects of the south are on a dialect continuum but they're categorized under two languages -- Napulitano and Sicilianu. Campania, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, and parts of Calabria and Puglia (along with the southern fringes of Lazio and Marche that historically were part of the Kingdom of Naples) speak local dialects that are all closely related enough that they're considered variants of Napulitano. The Salento area in Puglia and the part of Calabria south of Cosenza speak local variants of Sicilianu.
And yes Spilotro did state on the tape that he didn't speak much Italian. And only his father, FWIW was Barese. His mother was born in the US to Sicilian parents. Given that his father died when he was relatively young and his mother was American he may have not been exposed to as much Italian as someone like Lombardo (both parents immigrated from Bari) or DiFronzo (first generation kid who was born in Bari) for example.