Langenesis

Indo-European family

Neapolitan

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Neapolitan (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → … → Latin → Vulgar Latin → Neapolitan.

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Speakers
5.7M (5,700,000)
ISO 639-3
nap
Glottocode
neap1235

Southern Italian dialect continuum centred on Naples. Glottolog labels it Continental Southern Italian.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Old Latinc. 700 BCE – 100 BCE
  5. Latin100 BCE – 300 CE
  6. Vulgar Latin300 CE – 800 CE
  7. Neapolitanc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 20

Also descended from Vulgar Latin.

Sources