NAP ISO 639-3
Napoletano-Calabrese
Napulitano Autonym
A language of Italy
- ISO 639
- nap
- Alternate Names
- Neapolitan-Calabrese
- Autonym
- Napulitano
- Population
- 5,700,000 (2002).
- Location:
- Calabria and Campania regions.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian
- Dialects
- Napoletano (Neapolitan, Tirrenic), Northern Calabrese-Lucano (Basilicatan, Lucanian). Limited inherent intelligibility of standard Italian [ita]. Neapolitan and Calabrese dialects are reportedly very different from each other. Southern Calabrian is reportedly a dialect of Sicilian [scn].
- Language Use
- Vigorous. Also use Italian [ita].
- Language Development
- Bible portions: 1861–1862.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Napoletano-Calabrese
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Calabria and Campania regions.
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