Neapolitan language

Italo-Romance language spoken in Italy NeapolitannapulitanoNative toItalyRegionCampaniaNative speakers5.7 million (2002)Language familyIndo-European ItalicLatino-FaliscanLatinicRomanceItalo-WesternItalo-DalmatianItalo-RomanceIntermediate Southern ItalianNeapolitanDialects Arianese Barese Benevento Cilentan Irpinian Molisan Tarantino Southern Latian Vastese Castelmezzano Cosentian Language codesISO 639-2napISO 639-3napGlottologneap1235 Continental Southern Italiansout3126 South Lucanian = (Vd) LausbergSouthern Italo-Romance languagesNeapolitan as part of the European Romance languages[image reference needed] Neapolitan (autonym: ('o n)napulitano [(o n)napuliˈtɑːnə]; Italian: napoletano), also known as Intermediate Southern Italian, is a Romance language of the Italo-Dalmatian branch spoken in most of continental Southern Italy. It is named after the Kingdom of Naples, which once covered most of the area, and the city of Naples was its capital. On 14 October 2008, a law by the Region of Campania stated that Neapolitan was to be protected. While the language group is native to much of continental Southern Italy or the former Kingdom of Naples, the terms Neapolitan, napulitano or n