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TheCilentan dialect (inItalian:Cilentano, in Cilentan:Celendano orCilindanu), also known asCilento, is aNeapolitandialect spoken in the area ofCilento, located in the southern part of theProvince of Salerno, Campania, Italy.

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It has been influenced, especially in theVallo di Diano and in central Cilento, by theBasilicata language as spoken inPotenza and part of itsProvince of Potenza. In the towns of northern Cilento close to the urban area ofSalerno (for exampleAgropoli,Capaccio andPaestum), the language is mainly influenced by Neapolitan, more specifically by the Salernitan dialect. In the southern corner of Cilento, the language is largely influenced bySicilian, particularly theCalabrian variety of Sicilian.

Many words in Cilento are similar to their Neapolitan counterparts, but with slightly different consonants.^[1]

• LL: The "ll" in certain Neapolitan words becomes an "dd" in Cilento, e.g.gallenèlla (Italian:gallinella, English:hen) becomesgaddenèdda.
• NF: The "nf" in certain Neapolitan words becomes an "mp" in Cilento, e.g.nfame (Italian:infame, English:infamous) becomesmpame.

• Ondis, Lewis A. (1932)."Phonology of the Cilentan dialect, with a word index and dialect texts".HathiTrust. Retrieved2024-11-14.

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