Sardinian people

The Sardinians,^[6] or Sards^[7]^[8] (Sardinian: Sardos or Sardus; Italian and Sassarese: Sardi; Gallurese: Saldi), are a Romance language-speaking^[9] ethnic group native to Sardinia,^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] from which the western Mediterranean island and autonomous region of Italy derives its name.^[6]^[16]

For other uses, see Sardinian (disambiguation) and Sard (disambiguation).

: 8.3 (per 1,000 inhabitants – 2005) ^[112]

Birth Rate

: 1.07 (births per woman – 2005) ^[113]

Fertility Rate

: 8.7 (per 1,000 inhabitants – 2005) ^[112]

Mortality rate

males: 4.6 (per 1,000 births- 2000) ^[114]

Infant mortality rate

females: 3.0 (per 1,000 births – 2000) ^[114]

Infant mortality rate

: 2.9 (per 1,000 inhabitants – 2014) ^[115]

Marriage rate

males: 20.4 (per 100,000 inhabitants)^[116]^[117]^[118]

Suicide rate

females: 4.5 (per 100,000 inhabitants)^[116]^[117]^[118]

Suicide rate

Total : 98.2%^[119]^[120]

literacy rate

under 65 years old: 99.5%^[119]^[120]

Literacy rate

Sardinian traditional clothes and masks

Children from Ovodda

Urthos mask of Fonni

Robes from Maracalagonis

Woman from Ollolai

Robes from Cagliari

Robes from Busachi

Robes from Olbia

Robe from Sennori

Robe from Oristano

Daily traditional clothe from Dorgali

Folk robes from Quartu Sant'Elena

Robes from Selargius

Robes from Assemini

Child from Aritzo

Women dressed in traditional Sardinian clothing (Quartucciu)

Robes from Settimo San Pietro

Robe from Dolianova

Men from Lanusei

Robe from Nuragus

Robe from Bultei

children from Villanova Monteleone

Knights from Teulada

Traditional robe from Laconi

Robe from Tonara

Robes from Fonni

Man from Lanusei

A Mamuthone and an Issohadore, traditional carnival garments from Mamoiada

Sardinian knights on Sa Sartiglia day (Oristano).

People in traditional dress (Busachi)

Robe from Orgosolo

Robe from Iglesias

Orgosolo dress

Robe from Oliena

Sartiglia Medieval Festival in Oristano

Robe from Florinas

People from Cagliari

Sardinian men and children in traditional dress at the Sagra del Redentore (Nuoro)

Children from Ovodda in traditional dress

An Issohadore, typical mask of the Sardinian carnival (Mamoiada)

A Mamuthone, another typical mask of the Sardinian carnival (Mamoiada)

Boe and Merdule (Ottana)

Mask of Sartiglia

Sardinians in traditional dress (Orgosolo)

Robe from Atzara

Robe from Oliena

Robe from Orune

Man from Austis

Robe from Ittiri

Woman from Fonni

Robe from Sassari

Robe from Cossoine

Robe from Isili

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Casula, Francesco Cesare

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ISBN

Sanna, Emanuele (2009). Nella preistoria le origini dei Sardi. Cagliari: CUEC.

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ISBN

Contu, Ercole (2014). I sardi sono diversi. Carlo Delfino Editore.

Onnis, Omar (2015). La Sardegna e i sardi nel tempo. Arkadia Editore.

Ugas, Giovanni (2017). Shardana e Sardegna : i popoli del mare, gli alleati del Nordafrica e la fine dei grandi regni (15.-12. secolo a.C.) (in Italian). Cagliari: Edizioni della Torre. 978-88-7343-471-9. OCLC 970796519.

ISBN

(2017). La Storia di Sardegna (8 Volumes). Sassari: La Nuova Sardegna.