Molisan dialects of Neapolitan

E345746

The Molisan dialects of Neapolitan are regional varieties of the Neapolitan language spoken in Italy’s Molise region, characterized by distinctive phonetic and lexical features influenced by local history and neighboring dialects.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Neapolitan language 2
Molisan dialects of Neapolitan canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Romance variety
dialect group
regional variety of Neapolitan
closelyRelatedTo Neapolitan dialects of Campania
contrastedWith Italian language
surface form: Standard Italian
derivedFrom Vulgar Latin
hasHistoricalInfluence local history of Molise
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from neighboring dialects
local vocabulary specific to Molise
hasPhonologicalFeature distinctive vowel system compared to standard Neapolitan
regional consonant realizations
hasSociolinguisticFeature often used in informal contexts
subject to language shift toward Italian
hasStatus non-official language variety
hasVariation town-specific subdialects within Molise
influencedBy Abruzzese dialects
Apulian dialects
local Molisan speech traditions
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639 code
languageBranch Italo-Dalmatian language
surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
languageFamily Romance languages
partOf Neapolitan language
region Southern Italy
sharesFeatureWith other Neapolitan varieties of Southern Italy
spokenIn Italy
Molise
subclassOf Southern Italian dialects
usedBy local population of Molise
usedIn everyday oral communication
writingSystem Latin script (when written)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Molise hasMinorityLanguage Molisan dialects of Neapolitan
Italo-Dalmatian language hasPart Molisan dialects of Neapolitan
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
this entity surface form: Neapolitan language
Italo-Dalmatian language hasLivingMember Molisan dialects of Neapolitan
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
this entity surface form: Neapolitan language