Sabino is a
Central Italian
Central Italian ( Italian: ''dialetti mediani'' “central dialects”) is a group of Italo-Romance varieties indigenous to much of Central Italy.
Background
In the early Middle Ages, the Central Italian area extended north into Romagna and ...
dialect spoken in
Central Italy
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, precisely in an area which includes the northern part of the
province of Aquila and the whole
province of Rieti
The province of Rieti () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rieti. Established in 1927, it has an area of with a total population of 157,887 people as of 2017. There are 73 ''comuni'' (: '' ...
, with some linguistic islands in the
province of Rome. It preserves the
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in ...
vocalism, also known as ''archaic vocalism''.
Subdivisions
It is divided into three main groups, each one representing a local form of Sabino.
* ''Aquilano'' (also known as Cicolano-Reatino-Aquilano): it is the most important dialect of Sabino and it is considered the standard form. The area where it is spoken covers the largest part of Sabino's zone, in the province of Rieti and in the northern province of Aquila.
* ''Carseolano'' or ''Sublacense'', a form of Sabino spoken in province of Rome (
Subiaco) and in
Carsoli Carsoli ( Marsicano: ') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo (central Italy). The ancient Roman city lies southwest of the modern town.
History
The ancient city, known as ''Carsioli'' (or ''Carseoli''), was founded in the ...
.
* ''Tagliacozzano'', a transitional form of Sabino with
Southern Italian which is spoken in
Tagliacozzo,
Scurcola Marsicana and in upper
Liri
The Liri (Latin Liris or Lyris, previously, Clanis; Greek: ) is one of the principal rivers of central Italy, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea a little below Minturno under the name Garigliano.
Source and route
The Liri's source is in the ...
Valley.
Common features
*Many authors consider Sabino as an independent group of Italian language distinguished from
Central Italian
Central Italian ( Italian: ''dialetti mediani'' “central dialects”) is a group of Italo-Romance varieties indigenous to much of Central Italy.
Background
In the early Middle Ages, the Central Italian area extended north into Romagna and ...
. It is the only dialect which keeps the two
affix
In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form. The main two categories are Morphological derivation, derivational and inflectional affixes. Derivational affixes, such as ''un-'', ''-ation' ...
es ''-o'' and ''-u'' of
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in ...
, so there are words like 'horse', from
Latin
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, and 'I write', from Latin .
*In a large zone between Rieti and
Aniene
The Aniene (; ), formerly known as the Teverone, is a river in Lazio, Italy. It originates in the Apennines at Trevi nel Lazio and flows westward past Subiaco, Italy, Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli, Italy, Tivoli to join the Tiber in northern Rome ...
Valley local dialects keeps the
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity.Roberts (1996), p. 537. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in ...
vocalic system: words in which stressed vowels are ''e'' or ''o'' the final affix is ''-o'', in words in which stressed vowel are ''i'' or ''u'' the final affix is -u ( 'rich', 'new', 'man', 'eight').
*Apocope of infinitive affixes: 'to eat', 'to kill', , 'to sleep'.
*Splitting of -RR- in
Rieti
Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina region.
T ...
district ( < TERRA, 'soil').
See also
*
Central Italian
Central Italian ( Italian: ''dialetti mediani'' “central dialects”) is a group of Italo-Romance varieties indigenous to much of Central Italy.
Background
In the early Middle Ages, the Central Italian area extended north into Romagna and ...
*
Southern Italian
*
Languages of Italy
The languages of Italy include Italian language, Italian, which serves as the country's national language, in its standard and Regional Italian, regional forms, as well as numerous local and regional languages, most of which, like Italian, ...
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Sabine language
External links
Songs in Reatino
Languages of Italy
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