Corsican language

E27209
Italo-Dalmatian language Romance language natural language

Corsican language is a Romance language closely related to Italian, traditionally spoken on the island of Corsica and parts of northern Sardinia.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Corsican 6
Bastia dialect 1
Gallurese 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Dalmatian language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Italian language ⓘ
Sardinian language ⓘ
surface form: Sardinian Gallurese dialect

Sardinian Sassarese dialect ⓘ
Tuscan dialect ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasAlternativeName corsu ⓘ
Corsican language ⓘ
surface form: lingua corsa
hasDialect Ajaccio dialect ⓘ
Balagne dialect ⓘ
Corsican language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bastia dialect

Gallura ⓘ
surface form: Gallurese

Corsican language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Corsican

Sartène dialect ⓘ
Sassarese ⓘ
Corse-du-Sud ⓘ
surface form: Southern Corsican
hasGrammarFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
noun-adjective agreement in gender and number ⓘ
two grammatical genders ⓘ
use of definite and indefinite articles ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn Corsica ⓘ
France ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system similar to Italian ⓘ
hasStandardForm standard Corsican based on central varieties ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
historicallySpokenBy Corsicans ⓘ
ISO639-1Code co ⓘ
ISO639-2Code cos ⓘ
ISO639-3Code cos ⓘ
lexicallyInfluencedBy French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Italian language ⓘ
Tuscan dialect ⓘ
primaryCountry France ⓘ
recognizedAs regional language of France ⓘ
regionOfOrigin island of Corsica ⓘ
regulatedBy Corsican Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Collectivité de Corse language bodies
spokenIn Corsica ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
northern Sardinia ⓘ
subfamily Romance languages ⓘ
subgroup Italo-Dalmatian language ⓘ
surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
taughtIn schools in Corsica ⓘ
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
usedIn local media in Corsica ⓘ
oral poetry ⓘ
traditional Corsican music ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corsican
Sardinian language → closelyRelatedTo → Corsican language ⓘ
Sassarese → closelyRelatedTo → Corsican language ⓘ
Corsu → endonymFor → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corsican
Corsican language → hasAlternativeName → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: lingua corsa
Corsu → hasAlternativeName → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lingua corsa
Corsican language → hasDialect → Corsican language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Corsican
Corsican language → hasDialect → Corsican language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bastia dialect
Corsu → hasStandardForm → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Corsican
Sassarese → influencedBy → Corsican language ⓘ
Corsicans → language → Corsican language ⓘ
Corsi → languageOfOrigin → Corsican language ⓘ
Maria → languageSpoken → Corsican language ⓘ
subject surface form: Maria Letizia Ramolino
this entity surface form: Corsican
Furiani → localLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corsican
Propriano → localLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corsican
Corsu → nativeNameOf → Corsican language ⓘ
Sardinia → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallurese
Corsica → regionalLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corsican
Corsican nationalism → relatedToLanguage → Corsican language ⓘ