San Marino releases first Italian-Sammarinese dialect dictionary

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  1. [News article](https://www.sanmarinortv.sm/news/cultura-c6/ente-cassa-faetano-presenta-il-primo-dizionario-di-dialetto-sammarinese-a213962) (DeepL needed)

    Fun fact: Sammarinese dialects counts up to 10 vowel sounds compared to the 5-7 of Standard Italian

    Not-Fun fact: conservation is critical, linguist [Simona Montanari](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329026454_Sammarinese_the_Endangered_Language_of_the_Republic_of_San_Marino_A_Preliminary_Study_of_Documentation_and_Description) estimates it may go extinct by 2048

  2. Currently at 77%, looks like Italians hate Dialects. No wonder how tsome Peovinces are treated in that departement!

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