COS ISO 639-3
Corsican
Corsu Autonym
A language of France
- ISO 639
- cos
- Alternate Names
- Corse, Corsi, Corso
- Autonym
- Corsu
- Population
- 150,000 in France (2013), decreasing. Ethnic population: 315,000 (2017). Total users in all countries: 151,000.
- Location:
- Corsica region; possibly in Marseilles, Paris, other urban centers.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened). Statutory language of provincial identity in Corsica (2002, Act. No. 2002-92 (22 Jan) on Corsica, Article 7), mainly used in education.
- Classification
- Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Corsican
- Dialects
- Sartenais, Vico-Ajaccio, Northern Corsican (Bastia, Cape Cors), Venaco. Lexical similarity: 79%–89% with Bastia, Venaco, Vico, and Sartene dialects. Bonifacio on the southern tip of the island has 78% lexical similarity (highest) with Bastia at extreme north. Ajaccio dialect is central and prestigious.
- Language Use
- Some of all ages. Positive attitudes. Also use French [fra].
- Language Development
- Grammar. NT: 2017.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Corsican
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Sardinia region; Maddalena islands, Sardinia northeast coast.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened) View other languages of Italy
Language Name
Corsican
User Population
1,000 in Italy (1990).
Map
Location: Corsica region; possibly in Marseilles, Paris, other urban centers.
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