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Carloforte, an island within an island: Old Genoese dialect in Sardinia.

The article focuses on the old Genoese dialect of Carloforte, one of the linguistic islands of Sardinia in Italy. It is noted that the dialect of Carloforte originally came from Pegli which is located in the coastal region of Liguria and is often called "Tabarkino". Historical reason why the dialect...

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Published in:Other Voices: Essays on Italian Regional Culture & Language pp. 35 - 67
Main Author: Aste, Mario
Format: Article
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1990
Subjects:
Dialects
Anthropological linguistics
Language & culture
Language & languages
Sardinia (Italy)
Italy
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