Alternate Names: Neapolitan-Calabrese
Dialects: Napoletano (Neapolitan, Tirrenic), Northern Calabrese-Lucano (Basilicatan, Lucanian). Limited inherent intelligibility of standard Italian ,. Neapolitan and Calabrese dialects are reportedly very different from each other. Southern Calabrian is reportedly a dialect of Sicilian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,700,000 (2002).
Language Use: Vigorous. Also use Italian [ita].
Language Development: Bible portions: 1861–1862.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Italy