Sardinian language
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Sardinian | |
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Sardu | |
Native to | Italy |
Region | Sardinia |
Ethnicity | Sardinians |
Native speakers | (~1 million cited 1993-2007) |
Official status | |
Official language in | Sardinia |
Regulated by | Limba Sarda Comuna |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | srd |
Linguasphere | 51-AAA-s +(Corso-Sardinian)
51-AAA-pd & -pe |
![]() Languages and dialects of Sardinia. Sardinian is spoken in all the orange-coloured areas. |
Sardinian (Sardu, Limba or Lingua sarda) is a Romance language. It is native to the island of Sardinia, a Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy.
Sardinian is often seen as the closest language to Latin. It has had to fight for decades to get basic recognition by the Italian government.