Arianese dialect

Arianese
Native toItaly (Ariano Irpino)
RegionCampania
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
The diffusion area of the Arianese dialect (in red) within the Italian territory

The Arianese dialect, typical of the territorial area of Ariano Irpino, is a vernacular variety of the Irpinian dialect, belonging in turn to the Neapolitan group of southern Italian dialects. Like all Romance languages, it descends directly from Vulgar Latin, a language of Indo-European stock that has been widespread in the area since Roman times.