I read somewhere that in Italy in diffrent regions they speak diffrent types of Italian with diffrent seplling systems, such as standard italian and so on... can anyone explain that to me... I'm plaing on studying italian and it will readlly upset me that i have to study diffrents type of italian dialicts...
Dialicts in Italian
You don't need to study different types of Italian there's a standard italian, the one used by national tv channels and newspapers. The main differences concern some specific sounds like open and closed o and e vowels and s, z, dz and tz sounds. Nevertheless every good italian dictionary can suggest the right pronunciation.
What happen if you dont distinguish between open and closed e and o? Do They understand you or not? I'm a native spanish speaker and I'm in trouble trying to pronounce closed e and o.
Yes, we do. Many italians, particularly in the north and in the south, don't pronounce them properly.
"Many italians, particularly in the north and in the south, don't pronounce them properly."
Because of this, Italian sounds less melodic, which in turn is similar to standard Spanish pronunciation.
Ad esempio:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J83mRgPQuLg
Because of this, Italian sounds less melodic, which in turn is similar to standard Spanish pronunciation.
Ad esempio:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J83mRgPQuLg
Italian sounds less melodic
this is just your opinion. Many people think that italian is much more melodic than Spanish.
closed and open vowels and the difference between double and simple consonants makes italian much richer than Spanish, that's a fact.
this is just your opinion. Many people think that italian is much more melodic than Spanish.
closed and open vowels and the difference between double and simple consonants makes italian much richer than Spanish, that's a fact.
Rolando, don't worry!
If you learn standard italian, you can talk with everyone all around the country.
People who usually speak a dialect (every city's got a different one) are able to speak and understand standard italian.
If you learn standard italian, you can talk with everyone all around the country.
People who usually speak a dialect (every city's got a different one) are able to speak and understand standard italian.
Many Italian "dialects" are, in fact, historical languages in their own right which are older than standard Italian and stem from the middle ages like Lombardian, Friulian, Neapolitan, Sardinian, Sicilian, Venetian etc. Their area of circulation corresponds to former kingdoms and dominions of cities. Dialects are generally not used for general mass communication and are usually limited to native speakers in informal contexts.
Mr Prodi Sardinian according to the experts in the romance languages is a separate language not a dialect, because of its morphological, syntactic and lexical features.