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Sardinian

Sardinian

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The language spoken on the island of Sardinia
  • noun
  • /sɑrˈdɪniən/
: sardo
  • She studied the Sardinian language to better understand her heritage.

Examples

  • The professor specializes in Sardinian, which has unique characteristics compared to Italian.

  • In Sardinian, domare occurs in documents (condaghe) predating the period of Spanish domination, a fact which rules out borrowing from Hispano-Romance (Atzori s.v. domare).

    Academic text (2000)

  • Lecter smiles at the Sardinian.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Sardinian is spoken by many people on the island of Sardinian.

Surface Forms

Sardinian singular
Sardinians plural

Morphology

Sardinian = Sardinia (transparent) = Sardinia + ian

The name of the language is formed by adding the demonymic/adjectival suffix to the place name; this is a common and transparent naming pattern.

Etymology

Sardinian for the language comes from the island name Sardinia and the people who speak it. That's why Sardinian names the local language 'of Sardinia', a language related to Italian that has many Spanish words.