Alternate Names: Campidanese, Campidese, Sardu, South Sardinian
Dialects: Arborense, Cagliare (Cagliari, Cagliaritan), Central Campidanese, Meridionale, Ogliastrino, Sarrabense, Sub-Barbaricino, Sulcitano, Western Campidenese. Cagliaritan is Cagliari dialect. Campidanese is distinct from other Sardinian languages. Lexical similarity: 62% between the Cagliare dialect and standard Italian ,, 73% with Logudorese ,, 66% with Gallurese ,. A member of macrolanguage Sardinian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 500,000 (Salminen 2007).
Language Use: In general use in the south. Many children learn the language but often stop at school age (Salminen 2007).
Language Development: Growing movement to recognize Sardinian as part of linguistic and cultural heritage. Bible portions: 1860–1900.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Italy