Gallurese () is a Romance dialect of the Italo-Dalmatian family spoken in the region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia. Gallurese is variously described as a distinct southern dialect of Corsican or transitional language of the dialect continuum between Corsican and Sardinian. "Gallurese International Day" () takes place each year in Palau (Sardinia) with the participation of orators from other areas, including Corsica.

Gallurese is generally considered a southern Corsican dialect, One third of Gallurese vocabulary is also influenced by Logudorese Sardinian, Catalan, and Spanish. and by others as a dialect of Sardinian. In any case, a great deal of similarity exists between Southern Corsican dialects and Gallurese, while there is relatively more distance from the neighbouring Sardinian varieties.

Concluding the debate speech, the Sardinian linguist Mauro Maxia stated as follows:

The Regional Government of Sardinia has recognized Gallurese, along with Sassarese as separate languages, distinct from Sardinian.

Sample of text

An excerpt from a hymn dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

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! Southern Corsican

! Gallurese

! Sassarese

! Logudorese Sardinian

! English translation

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You were born of enchantment

Delightful beauty

The best of Luogosanto

The most beautiful in Gallura.

You are so beautiful that every heart

Falls in love with you

A flower to my eyes

The best one that there is.

I am old and grey

And my time is passing by

But I am always cheering up

The same way as when you met me.

No matter how many fields I must till

I will always honor Luogosanto

For it is a land of enchantment

For whoever comes to visit it.

The Patron of Gallura

Is here for us in Luogosanto

Crowned by hymns

Such a splendid creature.</poem>

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See also

  • Sardinia
  • Corsican language
  • Sassarese
  • Sardinian language

Notes

References

  • Maxia, Mauro. Studi sardo-corsi: Dialettologia e storia della lingua tra le due isole. Accademia della Lingua Gallurese; Istituto di Filologia (2010).
  • Elementi di grammatica gallurese, Antoninu Rubattu
  • Von Wartburg, Walther. La fragmentation linguistique de la Romania. Paris, Librairie C. Klincksieck, 1967.