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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
Oh, the dialects are still spoken, and taught to children, in every region of Italy. My grandparents left Italy as late as 1904, and not one of them spoke the "national" Italian. Which made family life interesting, as they were unable to speak to each other in their native dialects (piedmontese, bergamese, and abruzzessa (SP).
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It's interesting to note that, in the First World War, the "official" language of the Italian army was
English because most of the army could not speak or understand Italian, but all the officers could speak English.