Corsican

Corsican is an Indo-European, Romance language spoken on the island of Corsica being its official language. It has many similarities to Italian and in particular the dialects from Tuscany. There is also mutual intelligibility between the Italian and Corscican languages.

Map of Corsican language speakers.
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Map of Corsican language speakers.
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Basic stats

Total speakers: 402,000

Main Countries: Corsica, France, Italy

Alternate names: Corsu, Corso, Corse, Corsi

ISO 639-3 Code: cos


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Language Sample

Nascinu tutti l'omi libari è pari di dignità è di diritti. Pussedinu a raghjoni è a cuscenza è li tocca ad agiscia trà elli di modu fraternu.

(Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1)


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Some proverbs in Corsican:

A chi stanta, à chi scurnochja
Some work, others merely daydream

A chì stughji un perdi tempu
He who studies does not waste his time

A donna faci l'omu
The woman makes the man

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Product Availability

The following products are currently available in Corsican:

  • For Consumers

(Coming soon)

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Sources

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