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kissmelater
11-25-2009, 06:09 AM
I understand that Sardinia is a part of Italy... but are they speaking Italians too? or they have their own native language?:confused:
nikki_creampie
11-25-2009, 06:23 AM
I understand that Sardinia is a part of Italy... but are they speaking Italians too? or they have their own native language?:confused:

Hey found this wikipedia... this might help..

The most spoken language in Sardinia is Italian, but Sardinian is widely spoken all over the island. Sardinian is a Romance language of Latin origin, influenced by Catalan and Spanish, but with indigenous elements, with some roots from Phoenician, Etruscan.[citation needed] While it has been significantly supplanted by Italian for official purposes, in 2006 the regional administration has approved the use of Limba Sarda Comuna[9] in official documents. As a literary language, it is gaining clout, despite heated debate about the lack of standard orthography and controversial proposed solutions to this problem.

The two most widely spoken forms of the Sardinian languages are Campidanese, from the flatlands (Campidano) that cover most of the south (from Cagliari to Oristano), and Logudorese (Logudoro), from the central region, extending almost to Sassari.
punk_jellybelly
11-25-2009, 06:44 AM
yoh! thanks for posting that very helpful infos..
balphegor
11-25-2009, 01:27 PM
Or you can view a nice article here:
http://mysardinia.com/1858/language-reflects-many-races/
balphegor
11-25-2009, 02:06 PM
There's another post about the language here:

http://mysardinia.com/1088/the-sard-dialect/
kissmelater
11-25-2009, 09:45 PM
It must have been hard to communicate with them if they are speaking old Latin. But I do hope that they can speak English too. So it wouldn't be that hard to communicate if ever I go there.
punk_jellybelly
11-25-2009, 10:25 PM
I think most of them can speak English. Or else tourism would be so bad if they can't understand and speak a little of our universal language.

Better carry a pocket dictionary with you...

just to be safe... lolz
kissmelater
11-26-2009, 11:57 PM
I think most of them can speak English. Or else tourism would be so bad if they can't understand and speak a little of our universal language.

Better carry a pocket dictionary with you...

just to be safe... lolz

I agree! I should have a pocket dictionary with me and a map so I could just point my destination if in case I get lost.