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Orabolario, an oral archive of Italian dialect sayings
A collaborative, nonprofit archive of Italian dialect proverbs and expressions, with translations, meanings, and places attached to each entry.
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- The homepage reports three published entries across one represented region, despite listing all twenty regions.
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The featured entry connects a proverb to Acireale and includes a dialect note explaining variants of “orbu” and its Latin origin. Contribution is described as a moderated, role-based process: listeners can propose entries, while higher-karma roles gain annotation, publishing, editing, and moderation duties.
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