Language/Campidanese-sardinian/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation
Sardinian (sardu) is a Romance language with about 1.2 million speakers in Sardinia. There are four dialects of Sardinian: Logudorese (Logudorian), Campidanese-sardinian (Campidanian), Gallurese (Gallurian), and Sassarese (Sassarian).
Campidanese is written using the Latin alphabet. Like Italian, Campidanese does not use w and y. Campidanese also uses the digraphs gh, representing /g/, ch representing /k/ before the vowels e and i, tz representing /ts/, and x, representing /ʒ/.
In phonetic syntax, the final or intervocalic t is pronounced like a /d/ and s is pronounced like a /z̪/. When there are consonants like s, t, or nt at the end of the word, an auxiliary vowel is usually added. If preceded by a consonant, an "i" is inserted before the normally initial s. After mastering the Campidanese-sardinian pronunciation, you can explore other related dialects and lessons to enhance your understanding of this beautiful language.
Alphabet[edit | edit source]
Letter | Name | IPA |
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A a | a | a |
B b | bi | b, β |
C c | ci | k, tʃ |
D d | di | d, ð |
E e | e | e |
F f | efa, effa | f |
G g | gei | g, dʒ, ɣ |
H h | àca, aca | |
I i | i | |
J j | ai long, jota | vj |
K k | capa | k |
L l | ella | l |
M m | emma | m |
N n | enna | n |
O o | o | o |
P p | pi | p |
R r | erra | ɾ |
S s | essa | s, z |
T t | ti | t |
Tz tz | zeta surda | ts |
U u | u | |
V v | vu | v |
X x | ìchisi | ʒ |
Y y | ipsilon | |
Z z | zeta sonora | dz |
Videos[edit | edit source]
How does Sardinian Campidanese sound?[edit | edit source]
Lior Markus speaking Occidental Campidanese Sardinian[edit | edit source]