Gallurese Dialect
Gallurese (gadduresu) is an Italo-Dalmatian Romance language spoken in the northeastern part of Sardinia. It is often considered as a variety of Corsican, or a transitional language between Corsican and Sardinian. The language takes its name from the region of Gallura.
Grammatical structure, pronunciation and many terms reflect a certain closeness to Corsican, showing many similarities with the southern Corsican dialects of Sartene and Porto-Vecchio, with which it shared some mutual influences. A substantial part of its vocabulary comes from the Logudorese variety of Sardinian, which was probably spoken in this area in the Middle Ages.
The Sassarese language, spoken in the area of Sassari, also has similar characteristics, even if it is more linked to Logudorese and has a different, both geographical and historical, origin.
Read more about Gallurese Dialect: Typical Constitutional Elements of Gallurese, Relation To Corsican Language, Hypothesis On The Development of Gallurese
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