Algherese Catalan
Facts
- Language: Algherese Catalan
- Alternate names:
- Language code: cat-alg
- Language family:
Indo-European; Italic; Romance; Western Romance
(SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: 20,000-30,000
- Vulnerability: Vulnerable
- Script:
More information:
An outlying dialect of Catalan, spoken in the northwest of Sardinia. It has been spoken in the area since Catalan invaders repopulated the city of Alghero (L'Alguer in Catalan) after expelling the indigenous Sardinian population in 1372 AD.