| Bustocco and Legnanese | |
|---|---|
| büstócu legnanés | |
| Pronunciation | [byˈstoku] [leɲaˈneːs] |
| Native to | Italy |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Bustocco andLegnanese (nativelybüstócu andlegnanés) are two dialects ofWestern Lombard, spoken respectively in the cities ofBusto Arsizio (Province of Varese) andLegnano (Province of Milan),Lombardy.
Although there is little evidence of Ligurian settlements in the area,[2] they are widely thought to have been characterised by theLiguriansubstratum.[3] While Legnanese is closer to theMilanese dialect,[citation needed] Bustocco is especially considered very similar to the modernLigurian language,[4] for example for the frequent unstressed[u] at the end of masculine nouns and other words is more frequent (e.g. Bustoccogatu "cat",secu "dry",coldu "hot",bücéu "glass",candu "when" = Legnanesegatt,secch,cald,bicér,quand), as well as the elimination of some intervocalic consonants (e.g. Bustoccolauà "to work" = Legnaneselavurà). In both dialects stressed/a/ sounds like a mix betweena ando.[citation needed][clarification needed]
A comic theatrical group calledI Legnanesi uses Legnanese (with simplified grammar and lexicon heavily based on Italian) in its shows.[5]
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