Napoletano-Calabrese
A language of Italy
| 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. |
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