Context: Italy is home to a vast array of native regional minority languages, most of which are Romance-based and have their own local variants. These regional languages are often referred to colloquially or in non-linguistic circles as Italian "dialects," or dialetti (standard Italian for "dialects"). However, the majority of the regional languages in Italy are in fact not actually "dialects" of standard Italian in the strict linguistic sense, as they are not derived from modern standard Italian but instead evolved locally from Vulgar Latin independent of standard Italian, with little to no influence from what is now known as "standard Italian." They are therefore better classified as individual languages rather than "dialects."

Question: What are Italian dialects termed in the Italian language?
Answer: dialetti

Question: What language are many Italian dialects derived from?
Answer: Vulgar Latin

Question: What does 'dialetti' mean in Italian?
Answer: dialects

Question: Why might Italian dialects be regarded as independent languages rather than dialects of standard Italian?
Answer: they are not derived from modern standard Italian

Question: Which country is home to lots of native regional majority languages?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Most of Italy's languages have what kind of base along with shared variants?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is another German term for dialects?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: According to linguistics, most national languages in Italy are not dialects but what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Rather than an individual languages, what are most regional languages in Italy better referred to as?
Answer: Unanswerable