Is there any website where I can learn the dialect spoken in Calabria?

Question

I've learnt Italian at school but want to learn the Calabrese dialect (it is the dialect my family speak I think). I've looked at http://www.circolocalabrese.org/library/language/index.asp but it doesn't seem to have much and not much that I can learn from.

Does anyone here know Calabrese or know where I could learn it? Even just a basic list of words, verbs..etc, the general principles and stuff would be great.

Thanks in advance!

In response to BrooklynNellie, i'm not looking for it to talk to people in Italy, i'm looking for it for my family in Australia who still speak Calabrese.

Basically, it's Calabrese I want to learn, rather than Italian.

In response to nikkiluvsrene12, I've heard my family talk and understand some parts of it (basic words, not enough to understand whole sentences). I'm basically looking to find somewhere to learn Calabrese as my dad is too busy to teach me.

Once I know general basics of it, I could then talk to family using that and get better, but I still need somewhere to learn the basics and preferably more.

Answer 1

calabrese is a dialect that you need to listen i am from Cosenza central part of Calabria however in Calabria every little town has its own dialect . happy trails

Answer 2

Calabrian Dialect

Answer 3

Hi! I'm Italian from Rome, and I speak the Roman dialect, as well as the school Italian (really just Sienese dialect(. What I can tell you is that the best way to learn is to speak with a person who speaks their dialect - no website will assist you. There are way too many nuances etc. to get it correct. You can just use the Italian you know from school, because it will be enough to get by. Hope it helps!

Answer 4

Everyone in Italy nowadays will know standard Italian.