Teaching policies and minority languages in Sardinia. A discussion of the political interventions in the educational system

Abstract

Since last century, Sardinian and the other non-national languages of Italy have been suffering a significant decline in the number of speakers and the contexts of usage, in favour to Italian. Such recently acknowledged minority languages have been politically and financially supported by legislation at the national and regional levels. Focusing on the Sardinian situation, we will critically review the teaching policies and the adopted lines of intervention of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (ARS) within the educational context. In particular, we will analyse the Insulas and Frailes initiatives, by taking into account the economical engagement of ARS and the portion of population involved, with data relative to the 2024/2025 school year.