Neapolitan

E181079

Neapolitan is a Romance language spoken in and around Naples and much of southern Italy, known for its distinct phonology, vocabulary, and rich literary and musical traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Neapolitan canonical 7
Napoletano 1
Neapolitan songs 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Dalmatian language
Romance language
regional language of Italy
closelyRelatedTo Apulian dialects
Calabrian dialects
Sicilian
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasAlternativeName Napoletano
linked to: Neapolitan

Napulitano
hasCulturalDomain folk traditions
poetry
song
theatre
hasDistinctFeature distinct phonology
distinct vocabulary
geminate consonants
palatalization
use of enclitic pronouns
vowel reduction
hasGlottocode neap1235
hasISOCode nap
hasNotableAuthor Eduardo De Filippo
Raffaele Viviani
Salvatore Di Giacomo
hasNotableWork Neapolitan songs
linked to: Neapolitan

Neapolitan theatre
hasRegister colloquial speech
literary language
influencedBy Arabic
French
Greek
Latin
Occitan
Spanish
languageFamily Indo-European languages
Italic languages
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
spokenIn Campania
Italian diaspora communities
Naples
parts of Abruzzo
parts of Apulia
parts of Basilicata
parts of Calabria
parts of Lazio
parts of Molise
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
standardizationStatus lacks fully standardized orthography
subgroupOf Italo-Romance languages
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Ischia localDialect Neapolitan
Judeo-Roman influencedBy Romanesco
linked to: Neapolitan
Sorrento regionalLanguage Neapolitan
Faetar contactWith Neapolitan
Lauro localLanguage Neapolitan
subject linked to: Lauro, Campania, Italy
Neapolitan hasNotableWork Neapolitan songs
linked to: Neapolitan
Neapolitan hasAlternativeName Napoletano
linked to: Neapolitan
Bacoli localDialect Neapolitan
Atrani localDialect Neapolitan