Sardinian, Gallurese

A language of Italy

ISO 639: sdn
Alternate Names: Gallurese, Northeastern Sardinian
Population: 100,000 (Salminen 1999).
Location:: Sardinia region: Nuoro, Olbio Tempio, and Sassari provinces, facing Tyrrhenian sea.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened). Statutory language of provincial identity in northeast Sardinia (1999, Atlantic Coast Languages Act No. 162, Article 4).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Sardinian
Dialects: Lexical similarity: 83% with standard Italian [ita], 81% with Sassarese [sdc], 70% with Logudorese [src], 66% with Cagliare dialect of Campidanese Sardinian [sro]. A member of macrolanguage Sardinian [srd].
Language Use: Some young people, all adults. Many children learn the language but often stop using it at school age (Salminen 2007).
Language Development: Growing movement to recognize Sardinian as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. Bible portions: 1861–1862.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Sardinian, Gallurese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Influenced by Corsican [cos] and Tuscan varieties of Italian [ita]. They call Campidanese [sro] and Logudorese [src] Sard, and the people Sards, but do not include themselves or their language in those terms.

Location: Sardinia region: Nuoro, Olbio Tempio, and Sassari provinces, facing Tyrrhenian sea.