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Southern Italian (Dialetti italiani meridionali) is a group of Italo-Western Romance dialects spoken in Southern Lazio, Southern Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Apulia, and Northern Calabria. Part of a language continuum, they are all are mutually intelligible and are often referred to as Neapolitan languages (based on Naples' historic role as capital of the region). Some consider the languages as Italian dialects affected by a samnite substratum.

The following are considered Southern Italian dialects^[1]:

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-|map= [[Image:Italy - Forms of Dialect.jpg|center|thumb|Southern Italian in pale indigo<ref>[http://www.atlantelinguistico.it/dialetti/DialettiItalia.html Ali, Linguistic atlas of Italy]</ref><ref>[http://www.maldura.unipd.it/romanistica/viale/lezione_diatopia/ Linguistic cartography of Italy by Padova University]</ref><ref>[http://www.italica.rai.it/principali/lingua/bruni/mappe/mappe/f_dialetti.htm Italiand dialects by Pellegrini]</ref><ref>AIS, Sprach-und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz, Zofingen 1928-1940</ref>]]
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