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.
4-625: 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,
8-479: Is composed by 17 municipalities, and the greatest one is Sala Consilina , with c. 12,500 inhabitants. The others are Atena Lucana , Auletta , Buonabitacolo , Caggiano , Casalbuono , Monte San Giacomo , Montesano sulla Marcellana , Padula , Pertosa , Polla , San Pietro al Tanagro , Sant'Arsenio , San Rufo , Sanza , Sassano and Teggiano . The valley is served by the A2 motorway Salerno - Reggio Calabria , with
12-515: The language is largely influenced by Sicilian , particularly the Calabrian variety of Sicilian. Many words in Cilento are similar to their Neapolitan counterparts, but with slightly different consonants. This article about Romance languages is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vallo di Diano The Vallo di Diano (also known as Valdiano ) is an Italian valley of
16-501: The south-eastern side of Campania , in the province of Salerno . Situated between the Alburni mountains and the borders of Campania with Basilicata , it is considered a geographical subregion of Cilento and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park , World Heritage Site of Italy from 1998. The greatest forestal park, mainly located in cilentan side, is Pruno . The area
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