Sardinian people

For other uses, see Sardinian (disambiguation) and Sard (disambiguation).

Sardinians / Sards
Sardos / Sardus (Sardinian)
Sardi (Italian)
File:Flag of Sardinia, Italy (1950–1999).svg
Flag of Sardinia
Sardinian people and their traditional regional attires in 1880s
Regions with significant populations
 Sardinia 1,661,521
(Inhabitants of Sardinia inclusive of all ethnicities)
2,250,000 (outside Sardinia)[1][2]
Languages
Italian[3] • Sardinian[4]
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy (minority)[5]
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards, Italians, Corsicans, Basques, Catalans

The Sardinians,[6] or Sards[7][8] (Sardinian: Sardos or Sardus; Italian and Sassarese: Sardi; Gallurese: Saldi), are a Romance language-speaking[9] ethnic group indigenous to Sardinia,[10][11][12][13][14][15] from which the western Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy derives its name.[6][16]

  1. ^ "EMIGRAZIONE SARDA, STORIE DI VITE NEL MONDO | InfoSardinya - sardegna info eventi advertising communication itinerari promotion guide". 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT
  3. ^ Introduced in the late 18th century and then spread as a result of a language shift; Italian is usually spoken either in the standard variety with a Sardinian accent or more commonly in a regional variety.
  4. ^ Including Sassarese and Gallurese, linguistically transitioning to Southern Corsican and often colloquially considered to be northern Sardinian varieties.
  5. ^ Sardinia, Lonely Planet, Damien Simonis
  6. ^ a b "Sardinia | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  7. ^ "SARD | Meaning & Definition for UK English | Lexico.com". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kubly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Minahan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ «Sardi: indigeni, qui in Sardinia nati sunt.» ("Sardinians: the indigenous people who are born on the island of Sardinia.") Robert Estienne, 1583, Dictionarium, seu Latinae linguae Thesaurus, Robert Estienne, Q-Z, v.III
  11. ^ «From the strictly anthropological point of view, namely, an ethnic group distinguished by language, characteristics and culture.» Ethnic culture, language and poetry in Sardinia, part one. Scripta Mediterranea. Bulletin of the Society for Mediterranean Studies. 1980. p. 46.
  12. ^ «Sardinians form an ethnic minority since they show a strong awareness of being an indigenous group with a language and culture of their own.» Kurt Braunmüller, Gisella Ferraresi (2003). Aspects of multilingualism in European language history. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: University of Hamburg. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 238.
  13. ^ Danver, Steven L. Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures and Contemporary Issues, 2012, pp.370-371
  14. ^ Lang, Peter; Petricioli, Marta. L’Europe Méditerranéenne, pp.201-254
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Masti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cole, Jeffrey. Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia, pp.321-325