Alternate Names: Gallurese, Northeastern Sardinian
Dialects: Lexical similarity: 83% with standard Italian ,, 81% with Sassarese ,, 70% with Logudorese ,, 66% with Cagliare dialect of Campidanese Sardinian ,. A member of macrolanguage Sardinian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100,000 (Salminen 1993).
Language Use: Many children learn the language but often stop using it at school age (Salminen 2007).
Language Development: Growing movement to recognize Sardinian as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. Bible portions: 1861–1862.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Italy
Other Comments: Influenced by Corsican , and Tuscan varieties of Italian ,. Campidanese , and Logudorese , glossonym: Sard, ethnonym: Sards, but do not include themselves or their language in those terms.