{"id":521,"date":"2020-05-02T00:16:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T22:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/?page_id=521"},"modified":"2020-05-17T00:59:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T22:59:26","slug":"sardinia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurominority.eu\/index.php\/en\/sardinia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sardinia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sardinia, \u201cthe first people\u201d of the Mediterranean<\/h2>
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Sardinia is the largest stateless nation within the Italian state. What may be regarded as 300 years of \u201ccultural colonization\u201d in Italy has had little effect on the characteristics of that country, where \u201cSardidadi\u201d, which can be translated as a sense of Sardinia, has not been shaken. <\/p>

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The Sardinian flag, also called \u201cFour Moors\u201d appeared in the 14th century. It represented the kingdom of Sardinia in the Aragon crown. There exist different forms, heads looking right or left. The law of 15 April 1999 on the flag finally fixed the rules relating to its form. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>

The Sardinians\nare often considered as one of the oldest indigenous people of Europe.\nInhabiting this Mediterranean island for many centuries, they have been little\ninfluenced by Barbarian invasions or other people.<\/p>

This relative\nisolation has made Sardinia a singular nation where linguistic and cultural\ntraditions remain present. From the 11th to the 14th century, it was controlled\nby the Genoese, then the kingdom of Aragon (the town of Alghero, former\ncapital, still speaks Catalan). Italian became the official language after\nCatalan in 1764.<\/p>

It was not\nuntil the 19th century that Sardinian literature reached its peak, triggering\nan intense debate on language standardisation because of significant language\ndifferences. Sardinia has had autonomous status since 1948, which makes mention\nof linguistic rights, confirmed later by many texts. But in practice these have\nhad little effect. Sardinian is considered a language in danger, despite the\nnumber of native speakers, since it is spoken in private and has little public\nvisibility. The media use it but not much.<\/p>

The autonomist movements have\na long tradition in Sardinia. The autonomists of the Sardinian Action Party,\nfounded in 1920, have always campaigned for the status of the Sardinian\nlanguage, using sessions of the council (meeting) for this. Since then, other\nmore radical parties have emerged. These are pro-independence parties with\nrelative electoral success.<\/p>

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Identity card <\/h3>
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Name <\/em> <\/td> Sardigna (Sardinnya<\/strong>) | Sardinian <\/em>
Sardenya <\/em><\/strong>| Catalan<\/em>
Sardigna <\/strong>| Italian<\/em>
(Sardinia) <\/td><\/tr>
Population <\/em><\/td> 1,651,793 inhab. <\/strong>(2017) <\/td><\/tr>
Area<\/em> <\/td> 24,090 km\u00b2 <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Languages <\/em> <\/td> Sardu<\/strong> | Sardinian <\/em>
Catal\u00e0 <\/em><\/strong>| Catalan<\/em> (status of protection)
Italiano <\/em><\/strong>| Italian<\/em> (official) <\/td><\/tr>
Number of native speakers<\/em> <\/td> 1,350,000<\/strong> | Sardinian <\/em> (2016)<\/td><\/tr>
State of guardianship<\/em> <\/td> Italy<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Official status<\/em> <\/td> Autonomous region of Italy<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Capital<\/em><\/td> Casteddu<\/strong> | Sardinian <\/em>
Cagliari <\/em><\/strong>| Italian <\/em>
(Cagliari) <\/td><\/tr>
Historic religion<\/em> <\/td> <\/strong> Roman Catholic<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr>
Flag<\/em> <\/td> Cu\u00e0turu Moru<\/strong>s | Sardinian <\/em>
(Four Moors) <\/td><\/tr>
Anthem<\/em> <\/td> Su Patriotu Sardu a sos Feudat\u00e0riu<\/strong>s | Sardinian <\/em>
(The Sardinian Patriots tell feudalism) <\/td><\/tr>
Motto<\/em> <\/td> None <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>
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Timeline <\/h3>
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