Italian Dialects

According to some sources there are 22 dialects of the Italian language spoken in Italy and Corsica. How many can you name?
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Calabrian dialects spoken in Sicily
Siciliano
Spoken in the regions of the southern tip of Italy
Calabrese
Spoken in the Basilicata region
Lucano
Dialect of the south-eastern part of Italy
Salentino
Southern region of Apulia
Pugliese
Spoken in the northern regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy
Emilano-Romagnolo
In the Campania region of southern Italy
Campano
Spoken in Molise in the south
Molisano
One of the main dialects, spoken in Tuscany
Toscano
From the central region of Ciociaria
Ciociaresco
Dialect of Sardinia
Sardo
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Spoken by the Ladino people in Northern Italy
Ladino
Spoken on the French island of Corsica
Corse
Northern Italy around Venice
Veneto
From the region of Lazio in central Italy
Laziale
Also from central Italy, spoken in a region known as Abruzzo
Abruzzese
The dialect of another central region called Umbria
Umbro
One of the main dialects of Italian along with Toscano
Marchegiano
In and around Milan
Lombardo Milano
Dialect spoken in the Piedmont region
Piemontese
Spoken in the coastal area of north-western Italy
Ligure
A dialect of souther Italian, spoken in Apulia
Trentinese
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Level 34
Nov 1, 2015
Non è 'marchegiano', ma 'marchigiano'!

Il dialetto parlato in Corsica è il 'corso' no il 'corse'!

A Milano si parla il 'lombardo milanese'!

Diciamo che 'ciociaresco' vada bene, ma sarebbe più corretto dire 'ciociaro'!

Il 'trentinese' non so cosa voglia dire... forse volevi scrivere 'tarantino'?

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Level 35
Nov 13, 2015
Agree! Ma non ci andrei così leggera col "ciociaresco". Ciociaro è ciociaro.

Al contrario, il "corse" lo accetterei visto che la Corsica è francese e lì lo chiamano così.

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Level 55
Feb 11, 2020
Some of these are languages, not dialects!
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Level 57
Sep 14, 2023
add the appropiate type-ins please, this is on the english side of jetpunk and, for example, "ladino" should be accepted or spelt as "ladin", oh and also that dialect is a distinct language, belonging to the Rhaeto-romance group which also includes Romansh in southeastern switzerland and Friulian in neighbouring Fruili Venezia Giulia.

Some of these "dialects" come from completely different branches, like the north is more similar to the languages/dialects spoken in france and western switzerland, while the south is italo-dalmatian, including corse and the former italian dalmatian dotting the coast of Croatia.

Don't be confused, these are all "Italian" languages, in a cultural, historic and geographical sense, but you needn't confuse it with the fact that italy is split into 3 language branches, each distinct from each other, and only intelligible through standard italian.