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404 municipalities · dozens of speech varieties · one collective endeavour

AI CALABRIA

The memory of dialects and local speech teaches the future how to speak.

Preserve one word from your municipality and watch the territory light up. You will discover the rest of the project after you begin.

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One challenge for all of Calabria

To show that when Calabrians work together, they can create something no one could have built alone.

THE FIRST GESTURE IS ALREADY PARTICIPATION

One word can
light up a municipality.

Choose the territory, write how it is really said and watch Calabria respond. No form before you start.

01Choose the municipality
02Write the local form
03Sign whenever you want

The municipality stays lit. The words remain on this device for 7 days, and you can sign them all together.

AI CALABRIA VOCABULARY

Start with your municipality

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After 3 words, you can claim them all together

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Different. Capable.

Here, some minds have an advantage.

AI Calabria is built on memory, listening and attention to detail: noticing a word that is disappearing, a variation found in a single village, the exact nuance of a pronunciation. These are areas in which many people with disabilities participate differently and often excel. We do not welcome them out of generosity; we want them because their contribution makes the linguistic heritage more accurate than we could make it on our own. They work alongside everyone else, as equals, because they bring real added value.

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Memory Listening Detail Gesture Rhythm
01 Precision 02 Rhythm 03 Memory 04 Listening 05 Gesture

The collective challenge for Calabrian speech varieties

With AI Calabria, you preserve your municipality’s dialect.
The challenge has already begun.

AI Calabria is a team game for preserving the linguistic heritage of Calabrian dialects: every validated word, phrase and voice moves your municipality forward, strengthens your Company and preserves part of the territories’ memory. Other municipalities are already taking part: do not leave yours behind.

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PUBLIC CONTENT1,501already added to the project
LOCAL FORMS1,669already recognised
AUDIO VOICES166already available to listen to
MUNICIPALITIES WITH VOICES37have already started
COMPANIES11have already joined
Content in the heritage 1,314 Voices to listen to 166 Recognised forms 1,669
New contributions

Five items have already entered the heritage

Search by word, territory, content type or contributor.

Two digital guides

Bergamotta and Enotrio tell the story of AI Calabria and the voices of its territories.

L’ultimo racconto di ciascun testimonial mostra come AI Calabria sta salvando parole, pronunce, comunità e memoria linguistica. Le sezioni dedicate raccolgono tutti i video del progetto.

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Bergamotta

Bergamotta a Reggio Calabria

Bergamotta da Reggio Calabria racconta di come Versace, uno dei brand di moda più celebri al mondo, sia nato in Calabria.

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Enotrio

Enotrio racconta Sibari

Enotrio racconta il parco archeologico di Sibari, frazione di Cassano all'Ionio in provincia di Cosenza.

Every book already has a name

AI Calabria’s books are preserving the speech varieties of every municipality.

Compare the books that are already growing with those still waiting for their first page. Search for a territory and open it without making the home page unnecessarily long.

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Books already growing 37 Books waiting for their first page 367
Heritage already underway

Municipalities building their own book

AI CALABRIALiving book no. 1
The book of the speech varieties of

Catanzaro

CZis already growing
Heritage already underway

This territory is already preserving words and pronunciations in its own AI Calabria book.

744 items 4 audio
Open this book
AI CALABRIALiving book no. 2
The book of the speech varieties of

Luzzi

CSis already growing
Heritage already underway

This territory is already preserving words and pronunciations in its own AI Calabria book.

403 items 154 audio
Open this book
AI CALABRIALiving book no. 3
The book of the speech varieties of

Petilia Policastro

KRis already growing
Heritage already underway

This territory is already preserving words and pronunciations in its own AI Calabria book.

110 items 0 audio
Open this book
Page 1 of 13Three books per page.

Organized communities

AI Calabria’s teams are already on the move.

Guardians, associations, schools and institutions are already working as a team to preserve Calabria’s linguistic heritage. On your own, you add one contribution; together, you move an entire territory forward.

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#1 · already active

Cumpagnia do' dialèttu catanzarisa

Il vernacolo catanzarese è un patrimonio che va tutelato, conservato e custodito per tramandare nel tempo la lingua dei nostri padri!

1 Guardians732 validated0 audio recordings
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L
#2 · already active

La famiglia del Mparativillu

Miegliu amici ca cientu ducati...

7 Guardians299 validated154 audio recordings
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C
#3 · already active

Custodi di ogni luogo

Per tutti i cosmonauti che hanno bisogno di appartenere ad un gruppo senza limiti territoriali

5 Guardians233 validated0 audio recordings
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C
#4 · already active

CITTA' DI PETILIA POLICASTRO

A community already collecting memories and voices.

1 Guardians110 validated0 audio recordings
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A
#5 · already active

Aiellesi nel Mondo

Lu tempu è mastru e tu spera ca vidi

1 Guardians106 validated0 audio recordings
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The challenge has already begun

47 municipalities have already accepted the AI Calabria challenge.

Some are already building a rich linguistic heritage of words and audio. Others have joined but are still waiting for their first validated voice, so they do not fall behind.

View municipality rankings →
MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY ON THE MOVEThe race is underway
1 Coat of arms of the municipality of Catanzaro CatanzaroCZ · 744 validated · 4 audio 7,851 2 Coat of arms of the municipality of Luzzi LuzziCS · 403 validated · 154 audio 5,560 3 Coat of arms of the municipality of Petilia Policastro Petilia PolicastroKR · 110 validated · 0 audio 1,315 4 Coat of arms of the municipality of Aiello Calabro Aiello CalabroCS · 106 validated · 0 audio 1,305 5 Coat of arms of the municipality of Mandatoriccio MandatoriccioCS · 96 validated · 0 audio 1,125
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ALREADY REGISTERED, BUT STILL WAITINGThe first voice could be yours
Coat of arms of the municipality of Bisignano BisignanoCS · book still without validated voices Get it moving → Coat of arms of the municipality of San Vincenzo La Costa San Vincenzo La CostaCS · book still without validated voices Get it moving → Coat of arms of the municipality of Santa Severina Santa SeverinaKR · book still without validated voices Get it moving → Coat of arms of the municipality of Montalto Uffugo Montalto UffugoCS · book still without validated voices Get it moving → Coat of arms of the municipality of Casali del Manco Casali del MancoCS · book still without validated voices Get it moving →
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More than collection: infrastructure

AI Calabria makes linguistic heritage useful for research, universities and artificial intelligence.

Territorial data, audio, context and validation turn local memories into more reliable, readable and responsibly reusable data.

Discover its scientific value →
01Calabrian Linguistic ObservatoryUp-to-date figures, provinces and heritage coverage. 02Method and validationHow a memory becomes reliable public content. 03Corpus for research and AITerritorial detail, voice, context and traceability. 04Global searchSearch words, municipalities, teams, provinces and stories.

Every validated contribution does more than preserve a word: it strengthens Calabria’s cultural and technological infrastructure.

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Frequently asked questions

How AI Calabria preserves Calabrian linguistic heritage

Simple answers to understand the project and start taking part straight away.

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What is AI Calabria?

AI Calabria is the collective project that preserves the linguistic heritage of Calabrian dialects and speech varieties, municipality by municipality, through validated words, phrases, memories and pronunciations.

How can I take part in AI Calabria?

You can add a new contribution, record a pronunciation, help build your municipality’s book or collaborate with a Company.

What happens after a contribution is submitted?

The content is checked and becomes public after validation by a Guardian. It then enters the public linguistic heritage and the municipality’s book.

What are municipal books for?

Each book collects a municipality’s validated voices and shows both what the community is preserving and what is still missing.

Why is AI Calabria also useful for research and artificial intelligence?

Because it connects linguistic data with territory, context, validation and audio—essential elements for studying local varieties and developing more responsible technologies.

Heritage does not preserve itself: other territories are already moving.

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The movement is already underway

Other territories are already taking action

Preserve your municipality’s dialect with AI Calabria.

You can add a contribution, record a pronunciation or bring people from your area together in a team to preserve Calabria’s linguistic heritage as a community.

Play nowOne word. A few seconds. A municipality comes to life.→