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My girlfriend is Sardinian and speaks Sardo. She's said to me in the past that it's fairly close to Latin, certainly closer than other languages (French/Spanish

My girlfriend is Sardinian and speaks Sardo. She's said to me in the past that it's fairly close to Latin, certainly closer than other languages (French/Spanish for example), but Sardo is generally a mix of Latin, Italian, with a few Spanish words. Also worth noting there are different dialects of Sardo (such as Logudorese, in the north, if I remember the name correctly). And some dialects are closer to Latin than others. In Italy/Sardinia dialects can be so far apart from one another that it's difficult to understand one another.

invernomut0 10y ago
Some of the dialects are so far apart that they are actual languages distinct from Italian. If you search in the ISO list of languages[0] you can find neapolitan, sardinian as distinct languages different from italian. [0]http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
- mattrichardson 10y ago
  Sardinian (Sardo) is a separate language, not a dialect of Italian. Road signs (town/city names) in Sardinia are often in both Sardo and Italian. You can think of it like the difference between Welsh/English.
  - davidw 10y ago
    Sardinian and Italian are much much closer than Welsh and English. Speaking Italian, I can make out written Sardo kinda sorta ok, and I'm not a native Italian speaker. As an English speaker, I can't make heads or tales of Welsh.
  - zeveb 10y ago
    > You can think of it like the difference between Welsh/English. I don't think that's quite right: Welsh is a Gaelic language and English is Germanic, so they're from different families, while Sardinian & Italian are much more closely related.
    - rat87 10y ago
      Possibly more like Scots language(not Scottish Gaelic) and English http://www.ayecan.com/read_scots/burns_museum.html http://www.ayecan.com/read_scots/burns_museum.html > Though his position in society wis ower laich for him tae hae the richt tae vote, Robert wis nanetheless passionate aboot politics and made his writin desk his ballot box. Scunnerin the weel-daein and pooerfu, hooanever could prove a fykie business. > Robert Burns loved the lassies. He fell in love aften an wi ease, and wi mony weemun frae a wheen o backgrunds. The wey he treatit his lovers wis different ilka time, and ilka relationship affected Robert in its ain weys.
- acjohnson55 10y ago
  Italy has only been a united country for about 150 years, so it hasn't been that long since Italian (as we know it today) is widely spoken. Previously, people tended to speak their local Romance language. See the intro and history sections of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian language.

invernomut0 10y ago

Some of the dialects are so far apart that they are actual languages distinct from Italian. If you search in the ISO list of languages[0] you can find neapolitan, sardinian as distinct languages different from italian. [0]http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php

mattrichardson 10y ago
Sardinian (Sardo) is a separate language, not a dialect of Italian. Road signs (town/city names) in Sardinia are often in both Sardo and Italian. You can think of it like the difference between Welsh/English.
- davidw 10y ago
  Sardinian and Italian are much much closer than Welsh and English. Speaking Italian, I can make out written Sardo kinda sorta ok, and I'm not a native Italian speaker. As an English speaker, I can't make heads or tales of Welsh.
- zeveb 10y ago
  > You can think of it like the difference between Welsh/English. I don't think that's quite right: Welsh is a Gaelic language and English is Germanic, so they're from different families, while Sardinian & Italian are much more closely related.
  - rat87 10y ago
    Possibly more like Scots language(not Scottish Gaelic) and English http://www.ayecan.com/read_scots/burns_museum.html http://www.ayecan.com/read_scots/burns_museum.html > Though his position in society wis ower laich for him tae hae the richt tae vote, Robert wis nanetheless passionate aboot politics and made his writin desk his ballot box. Scunnerin the weel-daein and pooerfu, hooanever could prove a fykie business. > Robert Burns loved the lassies. He fell in love aften an wi ease, and wi mony weemun frae a wheen o backgrunds. The wey he treatit his lovers wis different ilka time, and ilka relationship affected Robert in its ain weys.
acjohnson55 10y ago
Italy has only been a united country for about 150 years, so it hasn't been that long since Italian (as we know it today) is widely spoken. Previously, people tended to speak their local Romance language. See the intro and history sections of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian language.