Southern Romance languages

The Southern Romance languages are a primary branch of the Romance languages.

Southern Romance
Native toFrance, Italy
RegionCorsica, Sardinia
Official status
Official language in
Italy, France
Recognised minority
language in
France, Italy
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologsout3158
Sardinia as part of the Southern Romance-speaking Europe.

According to the classification of linguists such as Leonard (1980) and Agard (1984), the Southern Romance family is composed of Sardinian, Corsican, and the southern Lucanian dialects.[1]

This theory is far from universally supported. In fact, other linguists classify Corsican, including Gallurese and Sassarese as Italo-Dalmatian languages closely related to Tuscan,[2] and indeed closer to standard Italian than are the other Italian languages, leaving Sardinian as a branch of its own.

Classification

Supporters of the Southern Romance theory[3][1] propose the following classification, which is not endorsed by other linguists in light of the structural differences between these languages. Corsican, for example, is otherwise classified as an Italo-Dalmatian language, and Gallurese as a Corsican dialect or a transitional variety between Corsican and Sardinian, like Sassarese.

  • Linguistic map of Sardinia
  • Linguistic map of Corsica and northern Sardinia

References
  1. Subfamily: Southern Romance, Glottolog
  2. Harris, Martin; Vincent, Nigel (1997). Romance Languages. London: Routlegde. ISBN 0-415-16417-6.
  3. "Ethnologue report for Southern Romance".
  4. "Sardo-Corsican". Glottolog.
  5. "Corsican". Ethnologue.
  6. "Sardinian". Ethnologue.
  7. "Sardinian, Logudorese". Ethnologue.
  8. "Sardinian, Campidanese". Ethnologue.
  9. "Sardinian, Gallurese". Ethnologue.
  10. "Sardinian, Sassarese". Ethnologue.
  11. "South Lucanian". Glottolog.


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