Italian dialects database

[alfieb]

I remember reading somewhere awhile ago that Sicilian was going to be used as the official language of Italy post-unification, however, a codified grammar system no longer existed; thus, since Florentine Tuscan had one, the new government opted for that instead. Is that true?

I doubt it. Sicilian was the predominant language in the late middle ages, but by the 1800s it was associated with poverty rather than trendiness like it had been under the Normans and Swabians. Our own kings did not speak it in Naples. To this day there is still no codified standard system. The organization that promotes the language has no real authority, and only minimal funding from the regional government.

It would be easier if Italy recognized Sicilian as a language, like they do with Sardinian. Heck, even Arbereshe gets more funding and protection in Sicily than does Sicilian.

[Tacitus]

Non dimenticate Rubbertu lu Guiscardu lo precedeva (anche se non come il nostro re).

Certo, ma Ruggero II "mette Sicilia sulla mappa" come un centro culturale.

[Ulla]

I remember reading somewhere awhile ago that Sicilian was going to be used as the official language of Italy post-unification, however, a codified grammar system no longer existed; thus, since Florentine Tuscan had one, the new government opted for that instead. Is that true?

I don't think so.

But in Italy everything is possible, so...

[alfieb]

I don't think so.

But in Italy everything is possible, so...

Indeed. Who would have thought the tiny County of Savoy would become a duchy, and then become the Kingdom of Sicily (briefly, it's true), then the Kingdom of Sardinia, then the Kingdom of Italy?

[Rudel]

Carlo I (d'Angiò) era il diavolo, ed è per questo io odio la Francia.

The butthurt is strong with this one.

Non dimenticate Rubbertu lu Guiscardu lo precedeva (anche se non come il nostro re).

God, Italian is so cute.

I remember reading somewhere awhile ago that Sicilian was going to be used as the official language of Italy post-unification, however, a codified grammar system no longer existed; thus, since Florentine Tuscan had one, the new government opted for that instead. Is that true?

Sounds like a bunch of BS. The only literary competitor left at the time was probably Venetian.

[alfieb]

The butthurt is strong with this one.

Yes, you are proud of a man who murdered a frail young boy because the boy was the rightful king of the country he wished to steal.



RIP Corradino

[Rudel]

Yes, you are proud of a man who murdered a frail young boy because the boy was the rightful king of the country he wished to steal.



RIP Corradino

His island was conquered, he died. God had decided that he wasn't the rightful king anymore.

[alfieb]

His island was conquered, he died. God had decided that he wasn't the rightful king anymore.

He was murdered. God does not interfere with free will. If he did, perhaps the Bourbons would still rule France.

[Rudel]

He was murdered. God does not interfere with free will. If he did, perhaps the Bourbons would still rule France.

I'm convinced the Revolution was divine punishment.

[alfieb]

I'm convinced the Revolution was divine punishment.

On you.

It brought about the rise of the Bonaparte clan, which brought about the deaths of many millions of Europeans, and the destruction of France as a World Power.

Ironically enough, the Bonapartes are very high on the succession list of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, if we were to restore it. Behind only, wait for it, the Sicilian branch of the House of Bourbon, naturally.