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Dialect of the Sicilian language
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Manduriano is a dialect of the Salentino, spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of Manduria, in southern Apulia.

Vocabulary and expressions

„Quannu lu ciucciu no mboli nci bei, ti macari cu fišchi. Ital.: Se l'asino non vuole bere, puoi fischiare quanto credi.”

„Erva ca no buei ntra lu uertu ti nasci. Ital.: L'erba che non vuoi nell'orto ti nasce.”

„Quannu lu sorgi no arria allu casu, tici ca puzza. Ital.: quando il topo non arriva al formaggio dice che puzza.”

„La jaddina faci lu ueu e lu jaddu canta. Ital.: La gallina fa l'uovo e il gallo canta.”

„Lu mboi chiama curnutu lu ciucciu. Ital.: Il bue chiama cornuto l'asino.”

Languages of Italy
Historical linguistic minorities: Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Germanic, Greek, Ladin, Occitan, Romani, Sardinian, Slovene, Wenzhounese
Italo-Romance
Italian
Tuscan
Central
Intermediate Southern (Neapolitan)
Extreme Southern
Other Italo-Dalmatian
languages
Sardinian
Sardinian
Occitano-Romance
Catalan
Occitan
Gallo-Romance
French
Franco-Provençal
Gallo-Italic
Ligurian
Lombard
Emilian–Romagnol
Other Gallo-Italic
languages
Venetian
Venetian
Rhaeto-Romance
Rhaeto-Romance
Albanian
Arbëresh language
South Slavic
Slovenian
Serbo-Croatian
Greek
Italiot Greek
German
Bavarian
Other German dialects
Others
  1. Venetian is either grouped with the rest of the Italo-Dalmatian or the Gallo-Italic languages, depending on the linguist.
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