[Foundation-l] Development in Africa

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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.

Ilario

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Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Development in Africa


> 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).
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