Sardinian, Campidanese

A language of Italy

ISO 639: sro
Alternate Names: Campidanese, Campidese, Sardu, South Sardinian
Population: 500,000 (Salminen 2007).
Location:: Sardinia region: southern half of Sardinia island.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened). Statutory language of provincial identity in south Sardinia (1999, Atlantic Coast Languages Act No. 162, Article 4).
Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Sardinian
Dialects: Cagliare (Cagliari, Cagliaritan), Arborense, Sub-Barbaricino, Western Campidenese, Central Campidanese, Ogliastrino, Sulcitano, Meridionale, Sarrabense. Cagliaritan is Cagliari dialect. Campidanese is distinct from other Sardinian languages. Lexical similarity: 62% between the Cagliare dialect and standard Italian [ita], 73% with Logudorese [src], 66% with Gallurese [sdn]. A member of macrolanguage Sardinian [srd].
Language Use: In general use in the south. Many children learn the language but often stop at school age (Salminen 2007). Some young people, all adults.
Language Development: Growing movement to recognize Sardinian as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. Bible portions: 1860–1900.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Sardinian, Campidanese
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Sardinia region: southern half of Sardinia island.