Sassarese (natively ''sassaresu'' or ''turritanu''; sc, tataresu ) is an
Italo-Dalmatian language and transitional variety between
Sardinian and
Corsican Corsican may refer to:
*Someone or something from Corsica
*Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica
*Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern Sardinia
*Corsican Republic, a former country in Europe
*"The Corsicans", the origin ...
.
It is regarded as a
Corso–
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...
n language because of
Sassari
Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...
's historic ties with
Tuscany
it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman)
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and geographical proximity to
Corsica. Despite the robust Sardinian influences (in terms of vocabulary and phonology, as well as syntax), it still keeps its Corsican (and therefore
Tuscan) roots, which closely relate it to
Gallurese
Gallurese () is a Romance language from the Italo-Dalmatian family spoken in the region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of southern Corsican or a transitional language between Corsican and Sardinian. ...
; the latter is linguistically considered a Corsican dialect despite its geographical location, although this claim is a matter of controversy. It has several similarities to the
Italian language
Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about 8 ...
, and in particular to the old Italian dialects from