Benevento dialect
| Beneventan | |
|---|---|
| Beneventano | |
| Region | Province of Benevento |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | nap-u-sd-itbn |
The Benevento dialect, or Beneventano, is a regional variety of the Neapolitan language spoken in and around the city of Benevento and its wider province, inside the region of Campania in Italy. It belongs to the broader group of southern Italian dialects, not standard Italian.
Italian is the official and dominant language in education and administration. Benevento is mainly used in informal communication, within families and local communities. Like many regional dialects in Italy, it functions as a marker of identity and cultural continuity rather than a formal language. Like many regional dialects, it functions as a marker of identity and cultural continuity rather than a formal language.