ISO 639-3 · coscos
Indo-European family
Corsican
corsu
Corsican is a language of the Italo-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in France and Italy. Wikidata counts about 151,000 speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “peripheral Tuscan dialect group of Corsica and Sardinia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cos- ISO 639-1
co- Glottocode
cors1241- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 42.00, 9.00
- Wikipedia
- 107 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Corsican · corsu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Corsican language |
| All speakers | 151,000 (2013) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Corsican
The branches above Corsican, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in France
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