The Neapolitan Wikipedia (Wikipedia napulitana) is the Neapolitan language

Neapolitan language

Neapolitan is the language of the city and region of Naples , and Campania. On October 14, 2008 a law by the Region of Campania stated that the Neapolitan language had to be protected....

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. , it has over 42,000 articles with real content, of total 54,116 pages, and 6,990 registered users, of which 5 are administrators.

Its creation was approved by the Wikimedia language subcommittee on 21 December 2006, where the following facts about the Neapolitan language have been mentioned:

• Approximate number of speakers: 7-8 million
• Location(s) spoken: in southern Italy in several varieties (from Abruzzi & southern Latium to northern Calabria and Northern Apulia); centered in Campania, Italy, and due to immigration in many parts of the world.
• Closely related languages, if any: Sicilian. Also Italian, Corsican, Sardinian, etc. Romance language with influences from Greek, Catalan, Spanish, French, and Arabic languages due to southern Italian history (Oscan substratum, pre-Latin language spoken in the same area as modern Neapolitan).
• External links to organizations that promote the language:

External links

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