Neapolitan (autonym:
(’o n)napulitano; ) is the language of much of southern continental Italy, including the city of
Naples. It is named not after the city, but after the
Kingdom of Naples, which once covered most of this area and of which Naples was the capital. On October 14, 2008 a law by the Region of
Campania stated that the Neapolitan language was to be protected. Neapolitan has had a significant influence on the intonation of
Rioplatense Spanish, of the
Buenos Aires region of
Argentina, and the whole of Uruguay.