The Cilentan dialect (in it, Cilentano, in Cilentan: or ) is a
Neapolitan
Neapolitan means of or pertaining to Naples, a city in Italy; or to:
Geography and history
* Province of Naples, a province in the Campania region of southern Italy that includes the city
* Duchy of Naples, in existence during the Early and Hig ...
dialect spoken in the area of
Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.
Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet.
Geography
The co ...
, located in the southern part of the
Province of Salerno,
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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Italy.
Influences
It has been influenced, especially in the
Vallo di Diano
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240px, Panoramic view of Pertosa.
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The Vallo di Diano (also known as ''Valdiano'') is an Italian valley of the south-eastern side of Campania, in the province of Salerno.
Geography
Situ ...
and in central Cilento, by the
Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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language as spoken in
Potenza
Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania).
Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one ...
and part of its
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.
Geography
It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There a ...
. In the towns of northern Cilento close to the urban area of
Salerno (for example
Agropoli
Agropoli is a town and ''comune'' located in the Cilento area of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated at the start of the Cilentan Coast, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
History Pre-medieval period
The promontory on which Agropoli ...
,
Capaccio
Capaccio Paestum (formerly only Capaccio) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Paestum lie within borders of the ''comune''.
History
Geograp ...
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.
See also
*
Lucania
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Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.
Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet.
Geography
The co ...
*
Vallo di Diano
240px, Vallo di Diano seen from Caggiano.
240px, Panoramic view of Pertosa.
View of 240px
The Vallo di Diano (also known as ''Valdiano'') is an Italian valley of the south-eastern side of Campania, in the province of Salerno.
Geography
Situ ...
*
Cilentan Coast
The Cilento Coast ( Italian: ''Costiera Cilentana'') is an Italian stretch of coastline in Cilento, on the southern side of the Province of Salerno. It is situated between the gulfs of Salerno and Policastro, extending from the municipalities ...
*
Cilento National Park
*
Province of Salerno
*
Irpinian dialect
The Irpinian dialect, or Irpino, is the dialect of Neapolitan language spoken in almost all of the comuni in the Province of Avellino in the Italian region of Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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Neapolitan language Cilento
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