Everything about Sardo Logudorese totally explained
Sardu logudorese, or
Logudorese, is a standardised
dialect of
Sardinian, often considered the most conservative of all
Romance languages. Its
ISO/DIS 639-3 code is
src.
Latin G and K before /i, e/ were not palatalized in it, in stark contrast with all other Romance languages. Compare Logudorese
chentu with Italian
cento /'tʃento/, Spanish
ciento /θiento/ and French
cent /sã/ (/θ/ and /s/ from /ts/).
Location and distribution
The name refers to the area of Logudoro (literally "golden place") in which it's spoken, a central-eastern subregion of the island of
Sardinia which mainly defers to
Ozieri (
Othieri) and
Nuoro (
N`ugoro) for culture and language, as well as history. Roughly it's an area of 150 × 100 km, with some 500 000–700 000 inhabitants.
Origins and features
The language's origins have been investigated by several authors;
Eduardo Blasco Ferrer's investigation is one of the most thorough. Studies show the language to be related to
Etruscan,
Latin,
Catalan (due to
Aragon's domain in the island) and
Spanish. Comparisons have been made with
Sardo campidanese, the other main variant of the
Sardinian language, spoken on the southern side of the island, and it seems that the two variants share common roots but have experienced different evolutions, even if Campidanese has clearer relationships with Southern Mediterranean languages.
Some roots, however, still can't be deciphered. One root of uncertain etymology is "nur", for example in "
Nuraghe" (the main Sardinian ancient monument, from which an era is called), and in many names of places (not only
thorps).
Perhaps the most interesting feature of Logudorian is that, due to the particular history of the area, it has suffered very little contamination and has changed very slowly, preserving traces of every innovation.
Dialects
Logudorian has a number of dialects (see
Sardinian language), perhaps one per village, with differences that may sometimes be relevant; nevertheless, there appear to be no communication problems among them.
Writers
Most of Sardinian poetry and literature are composed in Logudorian. See this
list of authors.
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