Sardinian, Campidanese
A language of Italy
| Population | 345,000 (2000). |
| Region | South Sardinia. |
| Alternate names | Campidanese, Campidese, Sardu, South Sardinian |
| Dialects | Cagliare (Cagliari, Cagliaritan), Arborense, Sub-Barbaricino, Western Campidenese, Central Campidanese, Ogliastrino, Sulcitano, Meridionale, Sarrabense. Cagliaritan is the dialect of Cagliari. Campidanese is quite distinct from other Sardinian languages. Lexical similarity: 62% between the Cagliare dialect and Standard Italian, 73% with Logudorese [src], 66% with Gallurese [sdn]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Southern, Sardinian A member of macrolanguage Sardinian [srd] (Italy). |
| Language use | In general use in the south. A growing movement to recognize Sard as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1860–1900. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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