Editing Anagni (section)

==Language and dialect==

The language, or dialect, of Anagni (called Anagnino) can be categorized as a [[Central Italian]] dialect, within the [[Central-Northern Latian]] area.<ref>Pellegrini G., ''Carta dei dialetti d'Italia'', CNR - Pacini ed., Pisa, 1977</ref> The definite articles (the) are ''Ju''-masculine singular (pronounced like the English word ''you''), ''La''-feminine singular, ''Ji''-masculine plural (pronounced ''Yee''), and ''Le''-feminine plural (pronounced like the English word ''Lay''). The indefinite articles (a, an) are ''nu''-for masculine words and ''na'' for feminine words. The final vowel is always pronounced in the plural form and usually in the singular form (this is in comparison with [[Southern Laziale]] and Neapolitan where the final vowel of a word is usually slurred, unaccented). For those who know Italian, the Anagnino dialect preserves the u's found in Latin; for example instead of the Italian ''con'' (with), the people of Anagni use ''cu'' from the Latin ''cum''. There are many other differences between the Italian and Anagnino. Some examples include the deletion of some n's, l's, and r's commonly found in Italian. For linguistic historians, the dialect is especially important for studying pre-Roman Italic languages and also the formation of Italian. Like Latin, the v's are pronounced like u's; for example ''vino'' (wine in Italian) is ''uino'' in Anagnino. Today's Standard Italian is influenced by German, French, Arabic, Greek, and Spanish, while the dialect of Anagni and the others of central Italy (south of Rome, west of the Apennines, and north of Campania) are relatively considered solely Latin and pre-Italic, due to the limited settlement of foreign people in the area.