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Sabino
Aquilano, Reatino, Cicolano.
Native to	Italy
Region	Lazio (provinces ofRieti,Rome), Northern Abruzzo (province of Aquila)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Italo-Dalmatian Italo-Romance Central Italian Sabino
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	cico1238  Cicolano-Reatino-Aquilano

Sabino is aCentral Italian dialect spoken inCentral Italy, precisely in an area which includes the northern part of theprovince of Aquila and the wholeprovince of Rieti, with some linguistic islands in theprovince of Rome. It preserves theLate Latin vocalism,^{[clarification needed]} also known asarchaic vocalism.

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 orSublacense, a form of Sabino spoken in province of Rome (Subiaco) and inCarsoli.
• Tagliacozzano, a transitional form of Sabino withSouthern Italian which is spoken inTagliacozzo,Scurcola Marsicana and in upperLiri Valley.

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• Many authors consider Sabino as an independent group of Italian language distinguished fromCentral Italian. It is the only dialect which keeps the twoaffixes-o and-u ofLate Latin,^{[citation needed]} so there are words likecavajju 'horse', fromLatincaballus, andscrio 'I write', from Latinscribo.
• In a large zone between Rieti andAniene Valley local dialects keeps theLate Latin vocalic system: words in which stressed vowels aree oro the final affix is-o, in words in which stressed vowel arei oru the final affix is -u (riccu 'rich',novu 'new',omo 'man',otto 'eight').
• Apocope of infinitive affixes:magnà(re) 'to eat',occìde(re) 'to kill',dormì(re), 'to sleep'.
• Splitting of -RR- inRieti district (tera < TERRA, 'soil').

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