Dialect comparison

Neapolitan vs Sardinian

Compare two dialects of Italian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Neapolitan

Napulitano

The variety of Naples and surrounding Campania. Often classified as a distinct Italo-Romance language; a major literary and operatic medium.

Approximate centre
40.85°, 14.27°
Sardinian

Sardu

The Romance variety of Sardinia. The most conservative Romance language, often cited as the closest living variety to Latin in several phonological respects.

Approximate centre
40.12°, 9.01°

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