Tomorrow’s Peace in Calabria Italy in a Daily Dose of Peace
A Daily Dose of Peace. Each week, I focus on Love, Joy, and Peace in the world languages. February travels to and focuses on words of peace and tomorrow in Calabria, Italy.
Peace Tomorrow in Calabria
People in Calabria Italy speak of the future
in different ways
peace is “pace” the same
in Italian as in Calabrian dialects
Romance varieties on a strong dialect continuum
Southern Calabrian dialects called
Central-Southern Calabrian, Calabro,
Extreme Southern Italian
Italiano meridionale-estremo
closely related to Sicilian
Northern Calabrian dialects called
Northern Calabrian or Cosentian
classified typologically with Neapolitan
or Napoletano-Calabrese
The Amantea-Cirò line between
Neapolitan and Sicilian
in Medieval times
Calabria Citeriore or Latin Calabria
and Calabria Ulteriore or Greek Calabria
“Domani” tomorrow in Standard Italian
“Rumàni” in Southern Calabrian
and “Crai” or “Dumàni” in Northern Calabrian
we face the unknown tomorrow
together
Languages of Calabria, Italy (Standard Italian; Calabrian, Calabrese, Calabria (Romance varieties a strong dialect continuum spoken in Calabria, Italy. Southern Calabrian dialects, Central-Southern Calabrian, Calabro, Extreme Southern Italian, Italiano meridionale-estremo, closely related to Sicilian. Northern Calabrian dialects, Northern Calabrian, Cosentian classified typologically with Neapolitan, Napoletano-Calabrese. The Amantea-Cirò line is generally considered an approximate demarcation between the Neapolitan and Sicilian language groups similar to Medieval times with Calabria Citeriore or Latin Calabria and Calabria Ulteriore or Greek Calabria; and 100,000 Arbëresh-Albanian speakers; small numbers of Calabrian Greek; and Occitan speakers.
Originally Published in Finding Peace in Italy, a Travel and Meditation Journal and Peace Poetry Dictionary, The Meaning of Peace and Calm in 5000 Languages on February 25, 2021.
