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stuartjmz · 10-18-2018, 05:21 PM

[QUOTE=mathil;3762074]It's not a question of pride, IMO, it's just that the vast majority of people are not aware of the fact that what we call dialetti are mostly languages in their own right. Sammarinese is actually a dialect, though -- of Romagnolo, not Italian

You'll note I made both points in my post above.

But it's moot in terms of Sammarinese anyway it seems. On my first trip,15 years ago, I heard the friends I stayed with using a lot of their dialetto, and they taught me quite a few words of it. This time round, everything was in standard "school" Italian, judging by how easily I followed their conversations.

I should that I adore Italian,, all the variants I've heard. The sound of the language excites me endlessly, even if the subject matter is deadly dull

10-18-2018, 05:21 PM	#10
stuartjmz Nameless Being	[QUOTE=mathil;3762074]It's not a question of pride, IMO, it's just that the vast majority of people are not aware of the fact that what we call dialetti are mostly languages in their own right. Sammarinese is actually a dialect, though -- of Romagnolo, not Italian You'll note I made both points in my post above. But it's moot in terms of Sammarinese anyway it seems. On my first trip,15 years ago, I heard the friends I stayed with using a lot of their dialetto, and they taught me quite a few words of it. This time round, everything was in standard "school" Italian, judging by how easily I followed their conversations. I should that I adore Italian,, all the variants I've heard. The sound of the language excites me endlessly, even if the subject matter is deadly dull Last edited by stuartjmz; 10-18-2018 at 05:44 PM.