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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter
My first language was a southern Italian dialect and we did not drop final vowels. I was first generation, and many of my schoolmates growing up who were first and second generation southern Italians also did not drop final vowels. If you ask me, the dropped final vowels is a NY/NJ phenomenon, not something that originated in Italy.
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So you're saying because your particular dialect didn't drop vowels, none do?
It's not just some parts of the south. It's also many parts of the north, especially near Switzerland and France, that people drop vowels.
Depending on which school of classification you follow, Italy still has anywhere between a dozen to just under 20 main dialects today.
Many of them still drop vowels, although it's rarer these days for people to speak in strong dialect.
You can hear many of them here:
http://www.hull.ac.uk/G62/g62home/sa...lect_audio.htm