Pizzonese/Orthography

Pizzonese
a Western Abruzzese dialect of the Neapolitan language continuum
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Grammar
Alphabet and pronunciation
Nouns and articles
Adjectives • Pronouns
Conjugation of esse’, to be
Conjugation of havè, to have
Interrogatives • Adverbs
Prepositions • Conjunctions
Vocabulary
Common verbs • Lexicon
Resources
Bibliography and sites

Aa	hà	Bb	bí	Cc	cí	Dd	dí
Ee	hè	Ff	effe	Gg	gí	Hh	hacca
Ii	hì	Jj	hì lónga	Ll	helle	Mm	hemme
Nn	henne	Oo	hò	Pp	pí	Qq	cù
Rr	herre	Ss	hesse	Tt	tí	Uu	hù
Vv	vù	Zz	zetta

Final vowels and vowel reduction

A good portion of Pizzonese words end in -e, this unstressed e stands for the schwa sound that has become such a distinct part of Southern Italian languages. The schwa (the English uh sound) is the most frequent vowel in Pizzonese, let alone in the Neapolitan language continuum itself. In Pizzonese, any unstressed a, e, o, i, and u in writing can be weakened into short versions of themselves, and are even simplified down to a schwa in some situations. The a stays the strongest out of all the vowels though, and is only partially weakened most of the time, so that way you can still tell the original a sound. Examples of vowel reduction are in the words cumenzà and camminié. Similarly, Neapolitan has much the same guidelines as Pizzonese. (Or should I say otherwise!)

Consonants

The consonants of Pizzonese are b, c, d, f, g, h, j, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, and z. Depending on the consonant, they could be basic as in English, they could be palatalized, silent, or operate in conjunction with another letter. Here's an explanation of all vowels and vowel combinations.

Regular consonants

The regular consonants' are pronounced consistently and as in English and Italian with the only modification being doubling, being b, d, f, j, l, m, n, p, r, s, and t

Digraphs

There are as the above, except they are digraphs or accented, and thus not counted as letters on their own:

• c: pronounced as in English and Italian before a, o, and u, but before e and i, they are...