Cilentan dialect

Cilentan
Cilentan
Celendano
Native to	Italy
Region	Cilento (Southern Campania)
Native speakers	(undated figure of 250,000[ citation needed ])
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latinic Romance Italo-Western Italo-Dalmatian Italo-Romance Intermediate and Extreme Southern Italian Cilentan; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Last updated November 18, 2024

The Cilentan dialect (in Italian : Cilentano, in Cilentan: Celendano or Cilindanu), also known as Cilento, is a Neapolitan dialect spoken in the area of Cilento, located in the southern part of the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.

Influences

It has been influenced, especially in the Vallo di Diano and in central Cilento, by the Basilicata language as spoken in Potenza and part of its Province of Potenza. In the towns of northern Cilento close to the urban area of Salerno (for example Agropoli, Capaccio and Paestum), the language is mainly influenced by Neapolitan, more specifically by the Salernitan dialect. In the southern corner of Cilento, the language is largely influenced by Sicilian, particularly the Calabrian variety of Sicilian.

Phonology

Consonants

Many words in Cilento are similar to their Neapolitan counterparts, but with slightly different consonants.^[1]

LL: The "ll" in certain Neapolitan words becomes an "dd" in Cilento, e.g. gallenèlla (Italian : gallinella, English: hen) becomes gaddenèdda.
NF: The "nf" in certain Neapolitan words becomes an "mp" in Cilento, e.g. nfame (Italian : infame, English: infamous) becomes mpame.

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References

↑ Ondis 1932, p. 17–18.

Bibliography

Ondis, Lewis A. (1932). "Phonology of the Cilentan dialect, with a word index and dialect texts". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

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[FOOTNOTEOndis193217–18-1] Ondis 1932, p. 17–18.

[2] Venetian is either grouped with the rest of the Italo-Dalmatian or the Gallo-Italic languages, depending on the linguist.

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