My 2 cents... Neapolitan is a particular language, is more than a regional language.
Neapolitan has got a strong culture: music, poetry, literature.
In some parts of the world Neapolitan music is more famous than Italian (i.e. "O' sole mio") and some words used in whole world derive directly from Neapolitan (i.e. Pizza).
The difference is that Neapolitan has got a string culture as pillar.
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Can you explain more about what is done in Neapolitan language ?
The Neapolitan language is a language that is considered by many to be inferior. People are not educated in it, while the Neapolitans are a proud people many sadly do not take pride in their own language. In order to promote the Neapolitan language, everything is done to stimulate the recognition of the Neapolitan language. Stubs are created to create a tapestry of articles that are linked. Translation tools are used to generate content. There is a newsletter in Neapolitan to people who are interested. People living as far afield as the USA and Australia are contacted when they show their interest in the Neapolitan language. There have been articles in the press about the project. Neapolitan traditions are covered, local interest is sought.
As the Italian chapter now has a coordinator for the regional languages, it will be interesting to see how the chapter will be able to facilitate projects like the Neapolitan wikipedia.. I know for instance that the Neapolitan project would love to have a Neapolitan dictionary to scan and OCR as well as support for scanning original Neapolitan literature (most of is it in the public domain).
1.3. Identification of specialized press (make a list)
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