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Barese dialect (nativelydialètte barése;Italian:dialetto barese) is anItalo-Romance dialect belonging to the "southern intermediate" group (orNeapolitan), spoken in the regions ofApulia andBasilicata. Influences includeMessapian,Oscan,Greek,Old French,Franco-Provençal andSpanish, creating one of the most distinct Italian dialects both phonetically and lexically.

Assigning local dialects to strict geographical areas is often problematic. Regardless, theBari dialect is used predominantly within theprovince of Bari in central Apulia, and in the province ofBarletta-Andria-Trani. It is also spoken in the western part of theprovince of Taranto, in some towns in the western part of theprovince of Brindisi and in the north eastern part of theBasilicata region. In the north of the Apulian region, theprovince of Foggia, the Foggian dialect is spoken and may be seen as a variant of the Bari dialect, although significantly influenced byNeapolitan dialects, while in the city ofTaranto theTarantino dialect is spoken, which is quite similar to the Bari dialect.

In theItalian cinema of theCommedia all'Italiana, Barese has been made famous by actors such asLino Banfi,Sergio Rubini,Gianni Ciardo,Dino Abbrescia, andEmilio Solfrizzi. There are also numerous films shot exclusively in Bari dialect: amongst the most notable isLaCapaGira which was admired by film critics at theBerlin International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} Many local theatre companies produce light comedy shows in dialect, often focusing on the comic linguistic opportunities presented by the millions who left the region during the 20th century in search of work in northern Italy and overseas.

TheLord's Prayer

Attàne Nèste,

ca sta 'ngile,

sandificàte jè u nome tuje,

venghe à nú u Régne tuje,

sèmbe che lla volondà tóje,

come 'ngile acchessí 'ndèrre.

Annúscece josce u pane nèste de tutte le di,

é llívece à nnú le díbete nèste,

come nú le levàme à ll'alde,

é nnon z'inducénne à nnú 'ntendazióne,

ma líbberace d'o' male,

Amen.

TheHail Mary

Ave Maríe,

chiéne de gràzzie,

u Segnore jè cche tté.

Tu ssi benedétte 'nmènze à lle fémmene,

é benedétte jè u frutte

d'u vèndre tuje, Gesú.

Sanda Maríe, madre de Ddie,

prighe pe' nnú peccatóre,

josce é 'nd'à ll'ore de la morta nèste,

Amen.

TheSalve Regina

Salve o' Reggine

matre de misericòrdie vita, dulgézze, spirànze nostre

salve, à tté recurràme, figghie d'Èva

à tté suspiràme, chiangénne,

'nd'à 'sta valle de lacreme, alló avvocàte

nostre chiamínde à nnú cche ll'ècchie tuje

misericordióse,

é ffamme vide dope 'stu esílie, Gesú,

u frutte bènedétte d'u séne tuje.

O clèmènde, bone

o dulge Vérgene Maríe.

TheAngel of God

Àngele de Ddie

ca si u custòde mije,

allucíneme, custodísceme, tineme é

gguvèrneme

ca te venibbe date da lla piètà celèste,

Amen.

Mcolc e madurmesc

sus o Cil s dscn tre mess,

ci Di' mprvides l'anmamì nans prdes

A captl du litt mi ste la presenz di Di',

alt ste la Santissm Trinitè,

dal pit la Mari Maddaln rispon pn'abella vousc

acimc u Segn d Sant Crousc.

Prayers written according to the rules of the Seminar for studies and in-depth study of the Bari dialect of the Ancient World and Modern Times. The last prayer is written according to the oral tradition handed down inGravina in Puglia.

Attòn nuostǝ

ca stè n-cìdd,

sandǝfkòtǝ u nàume tìuǝ

vìannǝ u Règnǝ tìuǝ,

ca vènǝ fattǝ la vòlùndǫ tìuǝ,

kòm in-dala kìis aksǝi n-dìàrǝ.

Dàš òšǝ r pònǝ nuostǝ dǝ tuttǝ r dèi.

e lìvǝ r peccòtǝ nuostǝ,

kòm nìuǝ r levòmǝ a ll'aldǝ

e nan-ge sì mìttǝ a r provǝ,

ma scànzǝcǝ dù mòlǝ,

Amen.

Note: ǝ (e mute) š (sc), č (ch), ň (gn), ų semivowel, k (hard c)

Prayer written according to the studies of the expert of local history and local languages, the ruvestine Angelo Tedone^[1][2]

The Barese alphabet comprises the following letters:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v z

In Barese the use of the accents is obligatory:

• acute accent, used when stressed vowels have a closed sound:é,í,ó,ú;
• grave accent, used when stressed vowels have an open sound:à,è,ò;

The monosyllables do not need to be accented, with some notable exceptions, such asà (preposition),é (conjunction),mè (adverb), and some others.

Examples:

• Mo me n'i àscí! – Now I have to go!;
• Quànte sisscéme – What an idiot you are;
• Ué! - Hi!/Hello!;
• Ce ssitè-tè! – You are an idiot! / You talk too much!
• Cettremóne! – What a wanker! (similar topirla in thedialect of Milan)

The accents are important and are often used to show the differences between words that are otherwise written in the same way, but which have different pronunciations.Examples:

• mé ("me": personal pronoun, complement, unstressed form) andmè ("(n)ever": time adverb);
• nu ("a(n)": indefinite article, masculine singular) andnú ("we", personal pronoun, subject);
• pésce ("fish") andpèsce ("worse");
• ué ("hi", "hello") anduè ("you want").

Within the Province of Bari and surroundings many dialects exist which, while similar to Bari dialect, have various vocal differences. For example, the expressionChe c'è? instandard Italian, meaning "What's the matter?" or "What's up?" is variously produced as:

• Ci jè? in Barese;
• Ciobbà? inAndriese;
• Ce jè? inBitettese;
• Ce d'è? inGrumese,Palese,Molfettese andRuvese;
• Ce jèi? inBitontino;
• Ce da? inTerlizzese;
• Ci jò? inBarlettano.

Meanwhile, the conjugation of verbs sees changes such as:

Essere ("to be" in standard Italian)

Essere ("to be" in Barese)

Fare ("to do" or "to make" in standard Italian)

Fare ("to do" or "to make" in Barese)

Avere ("to have" in standard Italian)

Avé ("to have" or "to have to" in Barese)

• Tarantino dialect
• Neapolitan language
• Appendix:Barese Swadesh list

• D'Amaro, Sergio."Apulia"
• Official page for La Capa Gira[1] at theInternet Movie Database

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• Culture in Bari

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