Algherese Catalan

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Algherese Catalan is a Catalan dialect spoken in and around the city of Alghero in Sardinia, Italy, preserving medieval Catalan features within an Italian linguistic environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romance language variety
dialect
variety of Catalan
city Alghero
country Italy
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
glottologStatus treated as variety of Catalan
hasAncestor Medieval Catalan
Old Catalan
hasDialect rural Algherese Catalan
urban Algherese Catalan
hasLexicalFeature loanwords from Italian
loanwords from Sardinian
hasMorphologicalFeature conservative verb forms
hasOfficialUse municipality of Alghero
hasPhonologicalFeature Italian-influenced prosody
conservative vowel system compared to Standard Catalan
hasSociolinguisticSituation intergenerational transmission decline
language shift towards Italian
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
influencedBy Italian language
Logudorese Sardinian
Sardinian language
Sassarese
Standard Italian
linked to: Italian language
ISOStatus no separate ISO 639-3 code (included under Catalan)
languageBranch Western Romance
languageFamily Romance
languageGroup Occitano-Romance
legalStatus protected under Italian regional laws
recognized minority language in Sardinia
minorityLanguageIn Italy
Sardinia
partOf Catalan dialect continuum
preservesFeature archaisms of Catalan
medieval Catalan phonology
medieval Catalan vocabulary
region Sardinia
spokenIn Alghero
Italy
Sardinia
subclassOf Catalan language
linked to: Catalan
supportedBy local cultural associations in Alghero
taughtIn some schools in Alghero
UNESCOStatus definitely endangered
usedFor cultural events in Alghero
local administration in Alghero
local toponymy in Alghero
usesScript Latin script

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Province of Sassari languageSpoken Algherese Catalan
Regional Government of Sardinia languageOfWorkOrName Catalan (Algherese)
linked to: Algherese Catalan
Western Sardinia languageRegion Algherese Catalan
subject linked to: western Sardinia
Regional laws of Sardinia on linguistic heritage recognizesLanguage Catalan of Alghero
linked to: Algherese Catalan
Sardinian linguistic area hasLanguageContactWith Catalan linguistic area of Alghero
linked to: Algherese Catalan
Alguer hasLanguage Algherese Catalan
Alguer heritageLanguage Algherese Catalan
Porto Torres localLanguage Algherese Catalan
Piazza Duomo, Alghero languageContext Catalan (Algherese Catalan)
linked to: Algherese Catalan