Neapolitan (autonym: nnapulitano; Italian: napoletano) is the language of the city and region of Naples (Neapolitan: Nàpule; Italian: Napoli), and Campania. On October 14, 2008 a law by the Region of Campania stated that the Neapolitan language had to be protected. It has been recognized by UNESCO as a language and a heritage.
It is part of Southern Italian, what Ethnologue calls Napoletano-Calabrese. This linguistic group is spoken throughout mo...
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Neapolitan (autonym: nnapulitano; Italian: napoletano) is the language of the city and region of Naples (Neapolitan: Nàpule; Italian: Napoli), and Campania. On October 14, 2008 a law by the Region of Campania stated that the Neapolitan language had to be protected. It has been recognized by UNESCO as a language and a heritage.
It is part of Southern Italian, what Ethnologue calls Napoletano-Calabrese. This linguistic group is spoken throughout most of southern continental Italy, including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, the southern part of Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, northern Calabria, and northern and central Puglia.
The Neapolitan dialects are distributed throughout most of continental southern Italy, historically united during the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and include Neapolitan proper, Irpino, Cilentano, Ascolano, Teramano, Abruzzese Orientale Adriatico, Abruzzese Occidentale, Molisano, Dauno-Appenninico, Garganico, Apulo...
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