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lingua napoletana

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Also known as Neapolitan language, Continental Southern Italian, Napulitano

lingua romanza

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Neapolitan is a language spoken in southern Italy that belongs to the Italo-Dalmatian language family, distinct from standard Italian. It remains culturally significant as a marker of regional identity in the Naples area, though it has fewer speakers today than in the past.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Italo-Romance
Country
Italy
Image
Maria Flora nella canzone 'O pisciavinolo - 1895.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Neapolitan language
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WikiProject Languages
Wikimedia language code
nap
native label
Lengua napulitana
number of speakers, writers, or signers
7500000
writing system
Latin alphabet
Commons category
Neapolitan language
linguistic typology
syllabic language
indigenous to
Calabria
category for films in this language
Category:Neapolitan-language films
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La lingua napoletana (anticamente detta lingua napolitana) è un idioma romanzo –appartenente al gruppo italo-romanzo– attestato fin dal medioevo nell'Italia meridionale. Tale lingua è definita napoletano-calabrese (Neapolitan-Calabrese) da Ethnologue, italiano meridionale continentale (Continental Southern Italian) da Glottolog e italiano del Sud (South Italian) dall'Atlante delle lingue del mondo in pericolo dell'UNESCO. La classificazione ISO 639-3 le assegna il codice nap.

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