sardinian ("sardu", "limba" or "lingua sarda") is a romance language. it is native to the island of sardinia, a mediterranean island and autonomous region of italy. about 1.2 million people speak sardinian. the main dialects are campidanese (campidanian), gallurese (gallurian), logudorese (logudorian), and sassarese (sassarian). the standard version of the language is called limba sarda comuna.