Neapolitan Wikipedia

The Neapolitan Wikipedia (Wikipedia napulitana) is the Neapolitan language version of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. As of 2011^[update], it has over 42,000 articles with real content, of total 54,116 pages, and 6,990 registered users, of which 5 are administrators.^[1]

Its creation was approved by the Wikimedia language subcommittee on 21 December 2006^[2], 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:^[3]

References

• "Salutammo. Chest’è ’a Wikipedia napulitana", A February 13, 2007 article in Il Giornale.
• "Wikipedia napulitana", a June 8, 2007 article in Libero Infostrada web portal.

External links

• (Neapolitan) Neapolitan Wikipedia
• (Neapolitan) Neapolitan Wikipedia mobile version (not fully supported)