Linguists classify Sicilian and Neapolitan as distinct Romance languages with unique grammar and centuries of literature, not dialects of Italian. Sicilian has written works from the 1200s. Neapolitan was the administrative language of a kingdom. But Italy needed hierarchy. Standard Italian became “language” official and legitimate. Southern tongues became “dialects” inferior and backward. This was political, not linguistic. Calling something a dialect strips its legitimacy and history. UNESCO n

You’ve seen 160 years of evidence. Italy extracted Southern wealth, labor, lives. Invested that wealth in North. Blamed South for struggling. Pattern never stopped. Italy took industries, moved them North. Took resources, invested them North. Took lives in wars fought for Northern interests. Poisoned Southern cities for Northern profits. Suppressed Southern languages. Erased Southern history. Abandoned Southern cities after disasters. Every generation same system. Different methods, same extract