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Sardinian language, Romance language spoken by the more than 1.5 million inhabitants of the central Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Of all the modern Romance languages (including French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish ), Sardinian is the most similar to Vulgar (non-Classical) Latin, which is the ancestor of them all.
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Sardinian is a descendant of the ancient form of Latin brought to Sardinia by the Romans in 238 BC. Between the 14th and 17th centuries, Catalan and Spanish were the languages of administration in Sardinia. In 1714 Italian became the official and literary language in Sardinia, and the Italian authorities looked down on the Sardinian language. Sardi...
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1. Between vowels b = [β], d = [ð], f = [v], g = [ɣ], s = [z] 2. g followed by i = [ʤ] Download an alphabet chart for Sardinian(Excel)
Totu sos èsseres umanos naschint lìberos e eguales in dinnidade e in deretos. Issos tenent sa resone e sa cussèntzia e depent operare s'unu cun s'àteru cun ispìritu de fraternidade.
Information about Sardinian | Phrases: Campidanese, Logudorese | Numbers: LSC | Campidanese, Gallurese, Logudorese, Nuorese, Sassarese
Information about Sardinian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinian_language https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limba_sarda http://www.midesa.it/cgi-bin/show?art=Tonzanu.htm Sardinian dictionary https://ditzionariu.nor-web.eu/
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The language has been influenced by Catalan, Spanish and recently Italian, while the once spoken Paleo-Sardinian language contributes many features to it in many ancient remnants. In 2006 the regional administration has approved the use of a single standardised writing system, the so-called Limba Sarda Comuna , [231] in official acts.
- 24,090 km² (9,300 sq mi)
- Italy
Sardinian is a Romance language. It is native to the island of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy. About 1.2 million people speak Sardinian. The main dialects are Campidanese , Gallurese , Logudorese , and Sassarese . The standard version of the language is called Limba Sarda Comuna.
Sardinian is spoken in all the orange-coloured areas. Sardinian ( Sardu, Limba or Lingua sarda) is a Romance language. It is native to the island of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy. About 1.2 million people speak Sardinian.
Sardinian language, Romance language spoken in Sardinia, the most similar to Vulgar Latin of the modern Romance languages. Its only standard form is the sardo illustre, a literary language used mostly for folk verse. Italian is the island’s official language, and few literary works exist in Sardinian.
