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

Letter	Name	IPA
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