BUSTOCCO-LEGNANESE

'Bustocco' and 'Legnanese' are two similar dialects of Western Lombard language, spoken in the areas of Busto Arsizio (Province of Varese) and Legnano (Province of Milan).
They are characterised by the Ligurian substratum. While Legnanese is closer to Milanese dialect, Bustocco is very similar to Ligurian language. In fact, there is the unstressed vowel ''u'' at the end of masculine nouns and other words (e.g. Bustocco ''gatu'', ''secu'', ''coldu'', ''büceu'', ''candu'' = Legnanese ''gatt'', ''secch'', ''cald'', ''bicér'', ''quand'') and the elimination of some intervocalic consonants (e.g. Bustocco ''lauà'' = Legnanese ''lavurà''). In both dialects the stressed ''a'' sounds like a mix between ''a'' and ''o''.
A comic theatral group called ''I Legnanesi'' uses Legnanese in its shows.