Calabrian language is the name given to a number of Dialects spoken in parts of the Calabria region in Italy. Calabrian languages are strongly influenced by a Greek substratum. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος) is a variant, or variety, of a language spoken in a certain geographical area. ... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... In linguistics, a substratum (lat. ...

The Calabrian languages may be classified as follows:

• Napoletano-Calabrese or just Calabrese, a variety of Neapolitan language spoken in Calabria, also called Northern Calabrian or Northern Calabrese;^[1]
• Calabro, a variety of Sicilian language spoken in Calabria, also called Southern Calabrian or Southern Calabro, sometimes classified within the "Italiano meridionale-estremo" language group.;^[2]
• Greek-Calabrian dialect, a version of Italian-Greek used in Calabria, which is a subdivision of Griko language (Grecanic language), a general classification for the Italian-Greek languages in Italy. The Greek of Italy and that of Corsica are probably separate languages (R. Zamponi 1992).^[3]
• Franco-Provençal language, a local variety of a Franco-Provençal language spoken in certain communities. ^[4]
• Arbëresh language, a dialect of the Albanian language. ^[5]

Neapolitan (autonym: nnapulitano; Italian: napoletano) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Nàpule, Italian: Napoli), as well as throughout most of southern Italy including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, the southern part of Ascoli province in Marche, most of... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... Sicilian (, Italian: ) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. ... Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the toe of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. ... The Greek-Calabrian dialect or Greek-Bovesian is the version of Italian Greek used in Calabria, as opposed to the other Italian-Greek idiom spoken in the Grecìa Salentina. ... Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is a Modern Greek dialect which is spoken by people in the Magna Graecia region in southern Italy and Sicily, and it is otherwise known as the Grecanic language. ... Franco-Provençal (Francoprovençal) or Arpitan (in vernacular: patouès) (in Italian: francoprovenzale, provenzale alpina, arpitano, patois; French: francoprovençal, arpitan, patois) is a Romance language with several dialects in a linguistic sub-group separate from Langue dOïl and Langue dOc. ... Arbëresh (or Arbërishte or Arbërisht) is the dialect of the Albanian language spoken by the Arbëreshë, the Albanian-speaking minority in Italy. ... Albanian (gjuha shqipe IPA ) is a language spoken by over 6 million people, primarily in Albania, Serbia including Kosovo, Greece, Montenegro, and the Republic of Macedonia but also in other parts of the Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by a significant diaspora...

References

1. ^ Ethnologue report for Napoletano-Calabrese;
2. ^ Ethnologue report for Sicilian;
3. ^ Ethnologue report for Greek;
4. ^ Ethnologue report for Franco-Provençal;
5. ^ Ethnologue report for Albanian, Arbëreshë;

External links

• "Calabria:Dialetto calabrese" in Italian;
• "Siciliano: Lingua o dialetto?" in Italian;