Napoletano-Calabrese

NAP

developing

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:

Indo-European
Italic
Romance
Italo-Western
Italo-Dalmatian

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