Sardu Campidanesu is a diasystem of the Sardinian language primarily spoken in the Province of Cagliari. Traditionally, the name Campidano refers to the fertile area located around the towns of Guspini and Villacidro. Campidanesu and its variants of the dialect can be found across the entire Provincia di Cagliari and not just the Province of Medio Campidano area. Campidanesu also extends into parts of Provincia di Nuoro, notably the Ogliastra area. However, it is at this point that the language merges into Sardo logudorese which is a different diasystem in its own right.
There are approximately 1 million speakers of Campidanesu in Sardinia. The language also exists in Northern Italy due to the migration that took place after World War II. Many Sardinians moved to Turin, Milan and Genoa for economic reasons. Outside of Italy, large Sardinian populations can be found in Australia and Germany.
Campidanesu is intelligible to those from the central to southern part of the island, and partly unintelligible to Northern Sardinia, particularly Tempio Pausania and Sassari (where Corsican-Sardinian dialects are spoken). Italians can not understand Campidanesu and the language generally sounds foreign. Campidanesu is not a dialect of Italian as is often noted.
There are six main sub dialects of Campidanesu: Arborese, Casteddaiu, Meridionale, Ogliastrino, Guspinese and Villacidrese. All of these dialects are mutually intelligible. Casteddaiu is the dialect of Campidanesu spoken in the capital Cagliari. However, Casteddaiu extends to most of the neighbouring towns and villages within a 15 km radius of Cagliari.
Campidanesu has some borrowed words from Aragon,Catalonia and Castilla. The last hundred years have also seen an increase in Italian borrowed words. This is particularly evident with technological words of which there is no Campidanesu equivalent. However, many of the loan words from Italian have been changed phonetically so that they sound Sardinian. Italian loan words that end in an o, are often substituted with the letter u. The strong Campidanesu accent also changes the sound of the word.
Campidanesu is written using the Latin alphabet. Like Italian, Campidanesu does not use w and y (y is used in northern Sardinian dialects). However, in contrast with Italian, Campidanesu uses j and k. Campidanesu also uses the special letter Ç (ci truncada), and the digraphs gh (gei-aca) and tz (ti-zeta).
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Sardo Campidanese is a diasystem of the Sardinian language primarily spoken in the Province of Cagliari. Traditionally, the name Campidano refers to the fertile area located around the towns of Guspini and Villacidro. Campidanese and its variants of the dialect can be found across the entire Provincia di Cagliari and not just the Medio Campidano area. Campidanese also extends into parts of Provincia di Nuoro, notably the Ogliastra area. However, it is at this point that the language merges into Sardo logudorese which is a different diasystem in its own right.
There are approximately 1 million speakers of Campidanese in Sardinia. The language also exists in Northern Italy due to the migration that took place after the Second World War. Many Sardinians moved to Turin, Milan and Genova for economic reasons. Outside of Italy, large Sardinian populations can be found in Australia and Germany.
Campidanese is intelligible to those from the central to southern part of the island, and partly unintelligible to Northern Sardinia, particularly Tempio Pausania and Sassari (where Corsican-Sardinian dialects are spoken). Italians can not understand Campidanese and the language generally sounds foreign. Campidanese is not a dialect of Italian as is often noted.
There are six main sub dialects of Campidanese: Arborese, Casteddaiu, Meridionale, Ogliastrino, Guspinese and Villacidrese. All of these dialects are mutually intelligible. Casteddaiu is the dialect of Campidanese spoken in the capital Cagliari. However, Casteddaiu extends to most of the neighbouring towns and villages within a 15km radius of Cagliari.
Campidanese has some borrowed words from Aragon and Catalonia and Castilla. The last hundred years have also seen an increase in Italian borrowed words. This is particularly evident with technological words of which there is no Campidanese equivalent. However, many of the loan words from Italian have been changed phonetically so that they sound Sardinian. Italian loan words that end in an o, are often substituted with the letter u. The strong Campidanese accent also changes the sound of the word.
Campidanese is written using the Latin alphabet. Like Italian, Campidanese does not use w and y (y is used in northern Sardinian dialects). However, in contrast with Italian, Campidanese uses j, k, and x. Campidanese also uses the special letter Ç (ci truncada), and the digraphs gh (gei-aca) and tz (ti-zeta).
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