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Napoletano-Calabrese

A language of Italy

ISO 639-3: nap

Population  7,050,000 (1976).
Region  South, Campania and Calabria provinces.
Alternate names   Neapolitan-Calabrese
Dialects  Napoletano (Neapolitan, Tirrenic), Northern Calabrese-Lucano (Lucanian, Basilicatan). Limited inherent intelligibility with Standard Italian. Neapolitan and Calabrese dialects are reportedly very different from each other. Southern Calabrian is reportedly a dialect of Sicilian [scn].
Classification  Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian
Language use  Vigorous. Also use Italian.
Language development  Bible portions: 1861–1862.
Writing system  Latin script.