The Gallo-Italic of Basilicata ( it, Gallo-italico di Basilicata) is a group of
Gallo-Italic
The Gallo-Italic, Gallo-Italian, Gallo-Cisalpine or simply Cisalpine languages constitute the majority of the Romance languages of northern Italy. They are Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian, Ligurian, and Romagnol. Although most publications de ...
dialects found in
Basilicata in southern Italy, that could date back to migrations from
Northern Italy during the time of the
Normans
The Normans ( Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Franks and Gallo-Romans. ...
.
These dialects are found in two areas: one near the regional capital of
Potenza (in
Tito,
Picerno,
Pignola and
Vaglio Basilicata), but
not in Castelmezzano, and another on the
Tyrrhenian coast (
Trecchina
Trecchina () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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Rivello
Rivello is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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Nemoli
Nemoli is a town and ''comune'' of 1,501 inhabitants, found in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. The town, positioned between the Apennine Mountains, is noted for its artisanal work, typically in wood and copp ...
and
San Costantino).
Similar communities have survived in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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Gallo-Italic dialects of Sicily.
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Gallo-Italic languages
Languages of Italy
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