Corsican people

The Corsicans form a Romanesque ethnic group in the south of Europe. They live mainly on the politically to France belonging island of Corsica in the northwestern Mediterranean and are closely related to the Italians. As Corsicans also all the inhabitants of Corsica are called, no matter what ethnic group they belong to. Famous Corsicans are Pasquale Paoli, Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Alizée, Laetitia Casta and Joseph Fesch. Even the famous emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was Corsican.

Language

Main article: Corsican language

The Corsican is one of the Italo -Roman idioms and is closely related to the Italian (especially Tuscan ) and nordsardinischen related dialects. There are on the island is estimated that about 100,000 speakers who speak it at least as a second language.

The classification as eigenständische Romance language prevailed with the publication of the scientific " Dictionary of Romance languages ​​Linguistics ( LRL )" ( 1988ff ), where it was included in a list of 14 Romance languages. This list includes Italian and French - this must be mentioned in order to distinguish it from the two languages ​​with which it " have to do the time" the Corsicans, as these are often brought out important socio - historical reasons connected with them.

  • Ethnic group in Europe
  • Romansh ethnicity
  • Ethnic minority in France
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