Sardo Campidanese is a diasystem of the Sardinian language primarily spoken in the Province of Cagliari. Traditionally, the name Campidano refers to the fertile area located around the towns of Guspini and Villacidro. Campidanese and its variants of the dialect can be found across the entire Provincia di Cagliari and not just the Medio Campidano area. Campidanese also extends into parts of Provincia di Nuoro, notably the Ogliastra area. However, it is at this point that the language merges into Sardo Logudorese which is a different dialect in its own right. In linguistics, a diasystem is a term used in structural dialectology, to refer to a single genetic language which has two or more standard forms. ... The term Sardinian can refer to either: Sardinia the Sardinian language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. ... Medio Campidano is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

There are approximately 1 million speakers of Campidanese in Sardinia. The language also exists in Northen Italy due to the migration that took place after the Second World War. Many Sardinians moved to Turin, Milan and Genova for economic reasons. Outside of Italy, large Sardinian populations can be found in Australia and Germany. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Turin (Italian Torino) is a major industrial city in north-western Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the west bank of the Po River. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ... Alternate uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ...

Campidanese is intelligible to those from the central to southern part of the island, and unintelligible to Northern Sardinia, particularly Olbia and Sassari. Italians can not understand Campidanese and the language generally sounds foreign. Campidanese is not a dialect of Italian as is often noted.

Campidanese does have some ancient Latin influences, however a proportion of the language is from pre-Latin times. It is thought that the basis of the language was from the Nuragic period. Over the years influences from the various settlers have also crept into the language. Known influences have been attributed to the Carthegians, Euboians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, Romans and the Shardana people. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... The Etruscan civilization existed in Etruria and the Po valley in the northern part of what is now Italy, prior to the formation of the Roman Republic. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. ... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... The Shardana are one of several groups of Sea Peoples who appear in fragmentary historical records (Egyptian inscriptions) for the Mediterranean region in the second millennium B.C.; very little is known for sure about them. ...

There are six main sub dialects of Campidanese, Arborese, Casteddiu, Meridionale, Ogliastrino, Guspinese and Villacidrese. All of these dialects are mutually intelligible. Casteddiu is the dialect of Campidanese spoken in the capital Cagliari. However, Casteddiu extends to most of the neighbouring towns and villages within a 60km radius of Cagliari.

Campidanese has some borrowed words from Aragon and Catalonia. The last hundred years have also seen an increase in Italian borrowed words. This is particularly evident with technological words of which there is no Campidanese equivalent. However, many of the loan words from Italian have been changed phonetically so that they sound Sardinian. Italian loan words that end in an o, are often substituted with the letter u. The strong Campidanese accent also changes the sound of the word. Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate... Capital Barcelona Official languages Spanish and Catalan In Val dAran, also Aranese. ...

Campidanese is written using the Latin alphabet. Like Italian, Campidanese does not use w and y (y is used in northern Sardinian dialects). However, in contrast with Italian, Campidanese uses j, k, and x. Campidanese also uses the special letter Ç (ci truncada), and the diagraphs gh (gei-aca) and tz (ti-zeta).