Sardinian, Logudorese

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A language of Italy

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Central Sardinian, Logudorese, Sard, Sardarese
User Population

500,000 (Salminen 1999).

Location

Sardinia region: generally south of Sassari town.

Language Status

6b (Threatened). Statutory language of provincial identity in central Sardinia (1999, Atlantic Coast Languages Act No. 162, Article 4).

Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Sardinian
Dialects

Nuorese, Northern Logudorese, Barbaricino, Southwestern Logudorese. No one form of Sardinian is selected as standard for literary purposes. Logudorese is different from other Sardinian varieties. Lexical similarity: 68% with standard Italian [ita], 73% with Sassarese [sdc] and Cagliare dialect of Sardinian, Campidanese [sro], 70% with Gallurese [sdn]. Sardinian has 85% lexical similarity with Italian, 80% with French [fra], 78% with Portuguese [por], 76% with Spanish [spa], 74% with Romanian [ron] and Ladin [lld]. A member of macrolanguage Sardinian [srd].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Many children learn the language but stop using it at school age (Salminen 2007). Positive attitudes. Prestige is equal to Italian [ita] in some contexts, including writing. Also use Italian [ita]. Used as L2 by Catalan [cat].

Language Development

Growing movement to recognize Sardinian as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. Bible portions: 1858–1861.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sardinian, Logudorese
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.