The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Region | Gallurese is in northeastern Sardinia. |
| Alternate names | NORTHEASTERN SARDINIAN, GALLURESE |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Sardinian. |
| Comments | 83% lexical similarity with Standard Italian; 81% with Sassarese; 70% with Logudorese, 66% with Cagliare. A growing movement to recognize Sard as an important part of their cultural and linguistic heritage. Influenced by Corsican and Tuscan (Standard Italian). They call Campidanese and Logudorese 'Sard', and the people 'Sards', but do not include themselves or their language in those terms. Bible portions 1861-1862. |
