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Cadorino dialect

Cadorino, a dialect of Ladin, is the language of Cadore, at the feet of the Dolomites in the province of Belluno. It is distinct from neighboring dialects, and though it has received relatively little attention, it is important to an understanding of the linguistic history of northern Italy.

Morphophonology

The principal characteristics of Cadorino are the following:

  • Palatalization of *ka, *ga to č, ǧ.
  • Retention of final -s in verbal 2nd-person singular.
  • Velarization of *l to u before a consonant.
  • Vowel breaking of "è" in closed syllables.
  • The inflection "òu" of the passive participle of verbs of the first conjugation.
  • Retention of a case distinction in 1sg and 2sg pronouns (ió and tÅ« in the nominative, compared to mi and ti in Venetian).

These are all characteristics of Ladin dialects.

Influences

Cadorino is spoken in what had once been Paleo-Venetian territory. Toponyms show a strong Celtic presence. There was a Friulian presence around 500 CE, and Cadorino preserves various particularities of Friulian. Over the centuries (Modern) Venetian has expanded into the Cadorino area. While other Ladin varieties were profoundly influenced by Tyrolian dialects of German, these had relatively little influence on Cadorino, which was much more affected by Venetian.

Recognition

Thanks to legislation on the recognition of historical linguistic minorities (Law 482/1999), Cadore is recognized by the province of Belluno along with the dialects of Comelico, Agordino, the high valley of Cordevole, and the Val di Zoldo.

Notes

Bibliography

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  • Giovan Battista Pellegrini, La genesi del retoromanzo (o ladino), Max Niemeyer Verlag Tübingen, 1991
  • Carlo Battisti, Prefazione al vocabolario ampezzano di A. Majoni del 1929
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  • Anna Marinetti, Aspetti della romanizzazione linguistica nella Cisalpina orientale, Patria diversis gentibus una? Unità politica e identità etniche nell’Italia antica, PISA, ETS, 2008
  • Maria Teresa Vigolo – Paola Barbierato, Convergenze cadorino-friulane in ambito toponomastico, Atti del secondo convegno di Toponomastica Friulana (Udine 22 e 23 novembre 2002), in Quaderni di toponomastica friulana, Società Filologica Friulana, Udine 2007.

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