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Corsican (corsu, pronounced, or lingua corsa, pronounced [ˈliŋɡwa ˈɡorsa]) is a Romance language consisting of the continuum of the Tuscan Italo-Dalmatian dialects spoken on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a territory of France, and in the northern regions of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy.
The twentieth century saw a wholesale language shift, with islanders changing their language practices to the extent that there were no monolingual Corsican speakers left by the 1960s. By 1990, an estimated 50% of islanders had some degree of proficiency in Corsican, and a small minority, perhaps 10%, used Corsican as a first language. [36]
The Southern Romance languages are a primary branch of the Romance languages. 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.
Italian was the official language of Corsica until 9 May 1859, [48] when it was replaced by French. Corsican (Corsu), a minority language that is closely related to medieval Tuscan (Toscano), has a better prospect of survival than most other French regional languages: Corsican is the second most widely spoken language after French. However ...
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Corsican may refer to: Someone or something from Corsica; Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica; Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern Sardinia; Corsican Republic, a former country in Europe "The Corsicans", the original name of the Hearts of Oak militia in Colonial New York
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Sassarese (natively sassaresu [sasːaˈrezu] or turritanu; tataresu [tataˈɾezu]) is an Italo-Dalmatian language and transitional variety between Sardinian and Corsican. [4] [5] [6] It is regarded as a Corso–Sardinian language because of Sassari's historic ties with Tuscany and geographical proximity to Corsica.