Napulitano

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Napulitano is the native Romance language of Naples and its surrounding region in southern Italy, closely related to but distinct from standard Italian.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Napulitano canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Dalmatian language
Romance language
regional language
alsoKnownAs Lingua napoletana
linked to: Neapolitan language

Neapolitan
centeredIn Naples
closelyRelatedTo Italian language
Sicilian language
country Italy
distinctFrom Italian language
glottocode neap1235
hasCommunityEfforts language preservation initiatives
orthography standardization proposals
hasDialect Abruzzese dialect (southern varieties)
Casertano dialect
Irpino dialect
Lucano dialect
Molisano dialect
Neapolitan urban dialect
Salernitano dialect
hasFamousSong Funiculì funiculà
Torna a Surriento
’O sole mio
linked to: O Sole Mio
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic language
Catalan language
linked to: Catalan

French language
linked to: French

Greek language
Spanish language
hasMorphologicalFeature distinct plural formations from Italian
use of enclitic pronouns
hasPhonologicalFeature palatalization of Latin consonants
vowel reduction in unstressed syllables
hasStatus not an official language of Italy
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-3Code nap
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Romance languages
nativeName Napulitano
originatesFrom Vulgar Latin
recognizedBy UNESCO
region Campania
spokenIn Abruzzo
Apulia
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
Lazio
Molise
Naples
emigrant communities
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
subfamily Italo-Romance
UNESCOStatus vulnerable language
usedIn Neapolitan cinema
Neapolitan music
Neapolitan poetry
Neapolitan theatre
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neapolitan hasAlternativeName Napulitano
Napulitano nativeName Napulitano