Dialects
The two most widely spoken forms of the Corsican language are Supranacciu, spoken in the Bastia and Corte area (generally throughout the northern half of the island), and Suttanacciu, spoken around Sartene and Porto-Vecchio (generally throughout the southern half of the island). The dialect of Ajaccio has been described as in transition. The dialects spoken at Calvi and Bonifacio are closer to the Genoa dialect, also known as Ligurian.
On Maddalena archipelago the local dialect (called Isulanu, Maddaleninu, Maddalenino) was brought by fishermen and shepherds from Bonifacio during immigration in the 17th-18th centuries. Though influenced by Gallurese it has maintained the original characteristics of Corsican. There are also numerous words of Genoese and Ponzese origin.
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