Corsican

Corsican is a Romance language spoken chiefly on Corsica and in northern Sardinia. It is closely related to Tuscan varieties of Italian and has been influenced by French.

Romance languages: A branch of Indo-European languages descended from spoken Latin. Corsican belongs to this family through its descent from Latin.
Corsican phonology: The sound system and pronunciation patterns of the Corsican language. Its sound patterns help distinguish Corsican varieties from neighboring Italian speech.
Corsican language history: The historical development of Corsican from its Latin roots to the present. Its history traces the formation of the language and its changing status.
Corsican language education: The teaching and learning of Corsican in schools and other educational settings. Education is a major route for transmitting Corsican to younger generations.
Language endangerment: The process by which a language loses speakers and risks ceasing to be transmitted. Declining transmission is a central concern in assessments of Corsican's vitality.
Tuscan dialects: A group of Italo-Romance varieties spoken in Tuscany, including the basis of standard Italian. Corsican shares close linguistic ties with Tuscan varieties.
Corsican grammar: The rules governing word forms, sentence structure, and grammatical relationships in Corsican. Its grammatical patterns reveal the language's shared and distinctive Romance features.
Tuscan colonization of Corsica: The medieval and early modern settlement and political influence of Tuscan powers in Corsica. Tuscan settlement and rule helped shape Corsican's close relationship with Tuscan speech.
Corsican language media: Broadcast and published media produced in Corsican. Media gives Corsican a public presence beyond family and community conversation.
Language shift: A community's gradual replacement of one language by another across generations or social settings. The shift toward French challenges Corsican's everyday use.

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