Catalan variant spoken in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
Algherese / Alguerese
alguerés
Native to
Italy
Region
Alghero
Language family
Indo-European
Italic
Romance
Italo-Western
Western
Gallo-Romance
Occitano-Romance
Catalan
Eastern
Insular
Algherese / Alguerese
Early forms
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Italic
Old Latin
Vulgar Latin
Proto-Romance
Old Occitan
Old Catalan
Writing system
Catalan alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
–
Glottolog
algh1238
ELP
Algherese Catalan
IETF
ca-IT
A satellite photo of the island of Sardinia with the location of the Algherese-speaking area being marked in yellow.
Algherese Catalan is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
A bilingual sign in Alghero
Algherese or Alguerese (autonym: alguerés[alɣaˈɾes])[a] is the variant of Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero (L'Alguer in Catalan), in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy.
The dialect has its roots in 1372, when Catalan-speaking colonists were allowed to repopulate Alghero and expel the native population, after several revolts.[1] Catalan was replaced as the official language by Spanish, then by Italian in the mid-18th century. Today the language has semi-official recognition alongside Italian.
Studies give an approximate number of 20,000 to 30,000 native speakers of the language worldwide. In communities where Algherese is spoken, Italian and Logudorese Sardinian are often used as well.[2]
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spoken in the north. In Sardinia there are a few language islands: the Algheresedialect (alguerés) of Catalan is spoken in the city of Alghero; on the islands...
Position of Catalan in the Romance Language Family: Evidence from the AlghereseDialect". Retrieved 30 March 2019. Rasico, Philip D. (2004). Fundación San...
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to be associated with shared ancestry, history, homeland, language or dialect and cultural heritage; where the term "culture" specifically includes aspects...
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