Local pronunciation of Italian is similar to that in Milan, with a prevalence of open vowels in closed sillables, as in "quèsto" (as against Standard Italian "quésto", "this (one)") or "murètto" (as against Standard Italian "murétto", "little wall"), the wide use of voiced /dz/ instead of Standard Italian /ts/, as in /ˈdzukːero/ instead of /ˈtsukːero/ ("sugar"), and the softening of geminates. In common with Standard Italian, it strongly distinguishes voiceless from voiced consonants. It is unlike Central and Southern pronunciations, which are unbalanced toward voiced ones.