Barese dialect (natively dialètte barése; Italian: dialetto barese) is an Italoromance dialect belonging to the southern intermediate group, spoken in the Apulia and Basilicata regions of Italy. Considered to be a variant of Naples dialect. Influences include Messapian, Oscan, Greek, Old French, Franco-Provençal and Spanish, creating one of the most distinct Italian dialects both phonetically and lexically.
Assigning local dialects to strict geographical areas is often problematic. Regardless, the Bari dialect is used predominantly within the province of Bari in central Apulia, and in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It is also spoken in the western part of the province of Taranto, in some towns in the western part of the province of Brindisi and in the north eastern part of the Basilicata region. In the north of the Apulian region, the province of Foggia, the Foggian dialect is spoken and may be seen as a variant of the Bari dialect, although significantly influenced by Neapolitan dialects, while in the city of Taranto the Tarantino dialect is spoken, which is quite similar to the Bari dialect.
Prayers written according to the rules of the Seminar for studies and in-depth study of the Bari dialect of the Ancient World and Modern Times. The last prayer is written according to the oral tradition handed down in Gravina in Puglia.
acute accent, used when stressed vowels have a closed sound: é, í, ó, ú;
grave accent, used when stressed vowels have an open sound: à, è, ò;
The monosyllables do not need to be accented, with some notable exceptions, such as à (preposition), é (conjunction), mè (adverb), and some others.
Examples:
Mo me n'i à scí! – Now I have to go!;
Quànte si sscéme – What an idiot you are;
Ué! - Hi!/Hello!;
Ce ssi tè-tè! – You are an idiot! / You talk too much!
Cettremóne! – What a wanker! (similar to pirla in the dialect of Milan)
The accents are important and are often used to show the differences between words that are otherwise written in the same way, but which have different pronunciations.
Examples:
mé ("me": personal pronoun, complement, unstressed form) and mè ("(n)ever": time adverb);
nu ("a(n)": indefinite article, masculine singular) and nú ("we", personal pronoun, subject);
Within the Province of Bari and surroundings many dialects exist which, while similar to Bari dialect, have various vocal differences. For example, the expression Che c'è?instandard Italian, meaning "What's the matter?" or "What's up?" is variously produced as: