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Old Corsican
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Old Corsican is an extinct Southern Romance language spoken by the Corsicans on the Western Mediterranean isle of Corsica. It might have also either been a dialect of Sardinian or both were dialects of the same language. Modern Corsican is not related to Old Corsican, as it comes from Tuscan rather than Old Corsican. Classification Old Corsican was one of two languages that were known to be part of the Insular Romance language family, the other being Sardinian. The Insular Romance languages are a subdivision of the Southern Romance languages, one of three extant Romance subdivisions, the others called the Italo-Western and Eastern Romance languages. It was also closely related to the also-extinct African Romance, Old Corsican and Sardinian have been called descendants of African Romance. History Origins Alongside all other Romance languages, Old Corsican evolved from Vulgar Latin. The Romans (who spoke Latin) invaded Corsica during the First Punic War, though the Corsicans still spoke Paleo-Corsican language and didn't speak Latin, until around seven centuries later after the mingling of the Latins and the ancient Corsicans. Decline In 1050, the Republic of Pisa invaded Corsica. 
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