ISO 639-3 · sdcsdc
Indo-European family
Sassarese
Sassaresu
Sassarese is a language of the Italo-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in Italy. Wikidata counts about 100,000 speakers (1999). Wikidata describes it as “transitional dialect of Corsican, closely related to Sardinian”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sdc- Glottocode
sass1235- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 32 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sassarese · Sassaresu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sassarese Sardinian, Sassarese language, Sassarese Corsican, Sassaresu, Turritanu |
| All speakers | 100,000 (1999) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Sassarese
The branches above Sassarese, 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 Italy
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