Napoletano-Calabrese
Nnapulitano or Neapolitan (Italian: Napoletano) is the language of Naples, Italy. It is spoken in the city of Naples (Italian: Napoli; Nnapulitano: Napule) and the surrounding areas of the Campania region. As of 1976, there were 7,047,399 native speakers (some recent estimates range as high as 7,800,000). Nnapulitano should not be confused with Calabrese, the language of the region of Calabria, which has its own language and literary history. Both languages are very different from each other and have many dialects among themselves.
The language is largely considered a Western Romance language with some postulating a Southern Romance classification. It has grammatical differences from standard Italian such as neutral nouns, no distinct plural articles, and unique plural formation. Another difference is the changing of the double consonant "nd" to "nn" (example italian "Quando" nnapulitano "Quanno"). It has evolved in a similar manner as have Italian and other Romance languages from Vulgar Latin. It has also evolved with a pre-Latin Oscan influence, which is noticeable in the pronunciation of the d sound as an r sound (rhotacism). Nnapulitano still exhibits the neutral gender from Latin and borrows many words from Arabic and Spanish.
The language is not considered a dialect, but many scholars and linguists today classify it as so. This notion is not accurate as Nnapulitano has grown separately from Vulgar Latin just as standard Italian grew from the dialect of Tuscany which itself has grown from Vulgar Latin. It has a rich literary, musical and theatrical history (notably Giambattista Basile, Eduardo de Filippo, and Toto').
The language has no legal status within Italy (as other "dialect-language do not) and thus may not be taught in state run schools. Efforts are being made to change this, including a bid in 2003 to have a Nnapulitano curriculum offered at the Università Federico II in Naples. This attempt was defeated with the comment that Nnapulitano was a "low-class" language. There are also ongoing legislative attempts at the national level to have it recognized as an official minority language of Italy. It is however an officially recognized ISO 639 Joint Advisory Committee language with the language code of NAP.
Days of the Week
| English
| Nnapulitano
|
| Monday
| Lunneri'
|
| Tuesday
| Marteri'
|
| Wednesday
| Miercuri'
|
| Thursday
| Gioveri'
|
| Friday
| Venneri'
|
| Saturday
| Sabbato
|
| Sunday
| Dummeneca
|
Months of the Year
| English
| Nnapulitano
|
| January
| jennaro
|
| February
| frevaro
|
| March
| marzo
|
| April
| abbrile
|
| May
| majo"
|
| June
| giugno
|
| July
| luglio
|
| August
| austo
|
| September
| settembre
|
| October
| ottombre
|
| November
| nuvembre
|
| December
| dicembre
|
Numbers
Cardinal
| English
| Nnapulitano
|
| one
| uno
|
| two
| doje
|
| three
| tre
|
| four
| quatto
|
| five
| cinche
|
| six
| seie
|
| seven
| sette
|
| eight
| otto
|
| nine
| nove
|
| ten
| diece
|
| eleven
| unnece
|
| twelve
| dudece
|
| thirteen
| tridece
|
| fourteen
| quattuordece
|
| fifteen
| quinnece
|
| sixteen
| sidece
|
| seventeen
| dicesette
|
| eighteen
| diciotto
|
| nineteen
| dicennove
|
| twenty
| vinte
|
| thirty
| trenta
|
| forty
| quaranta
|
| fifty
| cinquanta
|
| sixty
| sissanta
|
| eighty
| uttanta
|
| ninety
| nuvanta
|
| hundred
| ciento
|
| hundred and one
| ciento e uno
|
| two hundred
| duiciento
|
| five hundred
| cincuciento
|
| thousand
| mille
|
| million
| nu milione
|
Ordinal
| English
| Nnapulitano
|
| first
| primmo
|
| second
| seconno
|
| third
| tiérzo
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| fourth
| quarto
|
| fifth
| quinto
|
| sixth
| sesto
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| seventh
| settemo
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| eighth
| uttavo
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| ninth
| nono
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| tenth
| decemo
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| eleventh
| unnecesemo
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| twelfth
| dudecesemo
|
| twentieth
| ventesemo
|
| twenty-first
| ventunesemo
|
| fortieth
| quarantesemo
|
| fiftieth
| cinquantesemo
|
| hundredth
| centesemo
|
| thousandth
| millesemo
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