The Salentino dialect is the traditional vernacular of the southern Italian provinces of Lecce, Brindisi and part of that of Taranto, known more commonly as the Salento, the extreme southern part of the region of Puglia or the southern "heel" of the Italian peninsula. For socio-political reasons Salentino is usually considered a dialect of Italian, since speakers don't consider themselves as anything but ethnic Italians, though linguists classify it as a dialect of the separate Sicilian (or 'Ext… (More on Salentino)