Corsican phrasebook
Corsican (corsu) is the native language of Corsica. Even though it has no official status there, it is estimated that 50% of the population has conversational understanding of Corsican, and a significant minority of islanders prefer to use the language over French. Corsican is most closely related to the Tuscan dialect of Italian and is also much more closely related to other Italian dialects than to French.
Pronunciation guide
Phrase listFor this guide, all phrases and sentences are provided in the polite form. It was written this way under the presumption that anyone using this guide will be speaking Corsican to people they are not familiar with.
Sources and licences
- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Corsican phrasebook" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0