37-629: Clara Luciani ( French pronunciation: [klaʁa lutʃ(j)ani] , [lysjani] ; Italian: [ˈklaːra luˈtʃaːni] ; born 10 July 1992) is a French singer-songwriter and musician. Luciani comes from a Corsican family. Her grandfather, whom she did not know, was from Ajaccio. Luciani grew up in Septèmes-les-Vallons , in the suburbs of Marseille . Before her career in music, she studied art history and performed various jobs, including pizza chef, babysitter, sales at Zara , and teaching ESL . In 2011, she became one of
74-497: A first language. Fewer and fewer people speak also a Ligurian dialect in what has long been a language island , Bonifacio : it is locally known by the name of bunifazzin . Gallurese dialect is a variety of Corsican spoken in the extreme north of Sardinia , including the region of Gallura and the archipelago of La Maddalena . In the Maddalena archipelago , the local dialect (called Isulanu, Maddaleninu, Maddalenino )
111-604: A population of 322,120 inhabitants (Jan. 2013 estimate). At the 2011 census, 56.3% of the inhabitants of Corsica were born on the island and 28.6% in Continental France , while 0.3% were natives of Overseas France and 14.8% hailed from foreign (non-French) countries. The majority of the foreign population in Corsica comes from the Maghreb (particularly Moroccans , who made up 33.5% of all immigrants in Corsica at
148-617: A relationship with Scottish musician Alex Kapranos , frontman of the rock band Franz Ferdinand . The couple married in Scotland at the end of May 2023. They have one child, a son, born in September 2023. Corsicans The Corsicans ( Corsican , Italian : Corsi ; French : Corses ) are a Romance -speaking ethnic group, native to the Mediterranean island of Corsica , a territorial collectivity of France. The island
185-550: A unique blend of genomic ancestry. Overall, the Corsican samples have been found to be genetically closer to the Northern and Central Italian populations than to the neighboring Sardinians . The same study estimate that the genome of the modern Corsicans derive from Anatolia Neolithic: 33%, Europe Middle Neolithic/Chalcolithic: 34%, Steppe EMBA: 19% and Iran Neolithic: 14%. Tibula Tibula ( Greek : Τιβουλα , Ptol.),
222-519: Is a key vehicle for Corsican culture, which is notably rich in proverbs and in polyphonic song. From the mountains to the plains and sea, many ingredients play a role. Game such as wild boar ( Cignale , Singhjari ) is popular, and in old times mouflon ( muvra ) were consumed. There also is seafood and river fish such as trout. Delicatessen such as figatellu , coppa , ham ( prizuttu ), lonzu are made from Corsican pork ( porcu nustrale ). Cheeses like Brocciu , casgiu merzu (the Corsican version of
259-674: Is found in Italy, as well as in the fact that the modern Corsican varieties , especially the Northern ones , are linguistically considered part of Tuscan . Because the island has been historically and culturally related to the Italian mainland up until then, the Italian populations from Northern and Central Italy have contributed to a significant degree to the modern Corsican ancestry. In 1891 Roland Bonaparte wrote in Une excursion en Corse that
296-520: Is still listed as an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria Portugal, Italy, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar , Monaco Source: INSEE Alongside French ( Français ), the official language throughout France, Corsican ( Corsu ) is the other most widely spoken language on
333-1174: The Belatones or Belatoni , the Cervini , the Cilebenses or Cilibensi , the Cumanenses or Cumanesi , the Licinini , the Macrini , the Opini , the Subasani , the Sumbri , the Tarabeni , the Titiani and the Venacini ) as well as in the far north-east of Sardinia (the Lestricones , Lestrigones or Lestriconi / Lestrigoni , the Longonenses or Longonensi ). These Corsi shared
370-847: The Regency of Tunis from 1613 to 1702. At the end of the Middle Ages and at the beginning of the Renaissance, the Corsicans distinguished themselves in combat in many conflicts, many of them were then mercenaries (or Condottieri ) and fought for sometimes rival Kingdoms. Corsicans distinguished themselves in particular during the Battle of Lepanto alongside the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire , others were mercenaries in
407-493: The Sardinian casu marzu ), casgiu veghju are made from goat or sheep milk. Chestnuts are the main ingredient in the making of pulenta . A variety of alcoholic drinks also exist, ranging from aquavita (brandy), red and white Corsican wines ( Vinu Corsu ), muscat (plain or sparkling), and the famous "cap corse" produced by Mattei. Genetic research has revealed that the Corsican samples presented affinities with people from
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#1732772752040444-549: The 1920s and the 1950s, the major destination became the French mainland , primarily Marseille , which today is considered as the "first Corsican city of the world" with around 100,000 Corsicans in the city. Causes of this emigration are various; poverty is the main reason (the French laws for restriction of exportations, the Second Industrial Revolution and the agricultural crisis had an adverse effect on
481-605: The 2011 census), and from Southern Europe (particularly Portuguese , 22.7% of all immigrants, followed by the Italians, 13.7%). During the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century, Corsican emigration was significant. Large numbers of Corsicans left the island for the French mainland or foreign countries. During the 19th century, the favorite destinations of migrants were the French colonies and South America (for more details, see Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico and Corsican immigration to Venezuela ). Then, between
518-437: The Corsican language as a potentially endangered language , as it has "a large number of children speakers" but is "without an official or prestigious status." The classification does not state that the language is currently endangered, only that it is potentially so. Often acting according to the current long-standing sentiment unknown Corsicans cross out French roadway signs and paint in the Corsican names. The Corsican language
555-582: The Corsicans particularly abhor injustice and since the Genoese who ruled the island for 500 years had erected the denial of justice into a principle of government, it followed that the Corsica was reduced to taking justice into his own hands: hence the vendetta . Throughout the 19th century many Corsicans sympathized with the Bonapartist doctrine and French nationalism while other Corsicans took part in French political and military life. Corsica has
592-645: The Corsicans suffered raids from the Barbary and many captured Corsicans were enslaved in North Africa. Some of these slaves converted to Islam and became renegades in the service of the Ottoman Empire , they in turn captured other Corsicans. Among these renegades are Hasan Corso , Mami Corso and Murad I Bey (born Giacomo Senti) who founded the Muradid dynasty , of Corsican origin and who reigned over
629-569: The French region of Provence and the Italians from Tuscany , Liguria, Campania , Sicily and Latium . In 2019, analysis of the genome of the Corsican population also reveals a close genetic affinity with the populations of northern and central Italy, while sharing with the Sardinians a notable proportion of ancestry, demographic processes and similar isolations. The analysis revealed that the Corsican population shares several genomic characteristics with Sardinia and north-central Italy, creating
666-418: The Italians. They are "extremely cruel" and still retain what Caesar said of them for this look, nevertheless there are some very good soldiers and brave strong men among them. Moreover, they are so vindictive that the Italians have a common proverb which says that one should not trust a Corsican, neither alive nor dead, because as soon as someone has been killed, suddenly all his relatives come together to kill
703-548: The Middle Ages, the local population of Corsica mixed with a minority of Greeks Byzantines, Germanic Ostrogoths , Franks and Lombards . In the 9th century , Corsica was conquered by Arabs and Muslims from Spain, and in the 11th and 18th centuries the Pisans and the Genoese dominated the island. The indigenous population preferred to live in the central part of the island, which contributed to relative security and prevented them from mingling with foreigners. Strabo says that when
740-547: The Roman captains did some errands in Corsica and took a large number of slaves to Rome, one looked with admiration at the fact that the Corsicans were all savages and were more beast than man: for either they hunted each other to death in every way possible to them, or else they annoyed their masters so greatly with their impatience and lack of wit, that the said masters were angry for having put their money into it, although they would have cost them very little. For several centuries
777-542: The island (Ptol. iii. 3. § 6), and all the data derived from the Itineraries concur in the same result. The position assigned it by De la Marmora, and adopted by Smith is the port or small bay called Porto di Lungo Sardo , almost close to the northernmost point of the island, the Errebantium Promontorium of Ptolemy. (De la Marmora, Voy. en Sardaigne , vol. ii. pp. 421–32, where the whole question
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#1732772752040814-663: The island with the Tibulati , who dwelt at the extreme north of Sardinia near the ancient town of Tibula . Further research is still needed to answer the question of the origin of the Corsi and their alleged relation with today's Corsicans. According to several scholars, they may have been a group of tribes affiliated to the ancient Ligures , like the Ilvates in the neighboring Ilva island (today's Elba in Italy), and may have spoken
851-486: The island: it is a Romance language pertaining to the Italo-Dalmatian branch and akin to medieval Tuscan . Corsican was long the vernacular language besides Italian ( Italiano ), which retained official status in Corsica until 1859. Since then, Italian as the island's traditional prestige language has been replaced by French due to the annexation of the island by France in 1768. Over the next two centuries,
888-494: The local economy). Later, the departures have become more considerable owing to the demographic strain caused by First World War . Notes: Essentially Pieds-Noirs who resettled in Corsica after the independence of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria, many of whom had Corsican ancestry. An immigrant is by French definition a person born in a foreign country and who didn't have French citizenship at birth. Note that an immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but
925-467: The murderer if it is possible for them. In subsequent centuries, Corsica was ruled and settled by Pisans (from 1050 to 1295) and the Genoese (from 1295 to 1755, when the island broke free from La Superba ): this is reflected in the fact that around 80% of the modern Corsican surnames ( Casanova , Luciani , Agostini , Colonna , Paoli , Bartoli , Rossi , Albertini , Filippi , Cesari , etc. )
962-591: The old Ligurian language . The ethnic base of the Corsicans was made up of the Corsican tribes of the Nuragic and then Torrean civilization, of Sardinian origin. In ancient times they were influenced and mixed from the ancient Corsicans to the Ligurians , Carthaginians , Etruscans , to the first Greek settlers and then to other peoples such as the Latins. At the beginning of our era, Corsica underwent Romanization. In
999-469: The population "had some command of the Corsican language." In 1990 out of a total population of about 254,000 the percentage had declined to 50%, with only 10% using it as a first language. The language appeared to be in serious decline when the French government reversed its non-supportive stand and began some strong measures to save it. Whether these measures will succeed remains to be seen. No recent statistics on Corsican are available. UNESCO classifies
1036-688: The rise of the Torrean civilization , strongly linked to the Nuragic civilization . The modern Corsicans are named after an ancient people known by the Romans as Corsi . The Corsi , who gave their name to the island, actually originated from the Northeastern part of Nuragic Sardinia ( Gallura ). According to Ptolemy , the Corsi were formed by a composite number of tribes that dwelt in Corsica (namely
1073-526: The service of the Kingdom of France (including Sampiero Corso who also served the Kingdom of Naples and returned to his native land with the support of France, Naplesand the Ottoman Empire to confront the Genoese occupiers). At the beginning of the 17th century, according to Pierre Davity , the Corsicans were hardly civilized for the most part and there was not in them that politeness that one sees among
1110-409: The site of Castelsardo ( province of Sassari ) on the north coast of the island, and only about 30 km from Porto Torres , but this is wholly incompatible with the statements of the Itineraries, and must certainly be erroneous. Indeed, Ptolemy himself places the Tibulati or Tibulates or Tibulatii ( Τιβουλάτιοι ), who must have been closely connected with the town of that name, in the extreme north of
1147-484: The studies – though not the linguistic survey work referenced in this article – were performed, was about 261,000 (see under Corsica ). Only a fraction of the population at either time spoke Corsican with any fluency. The 2001 population of 341,000 speakers on the island given by Ethnologue exceeds either census and thus may be considered questionable, like its estimate of 402,000 speakers worldwide. The use of Corsican over French has been declining. In 1980 about 70% of
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1184-498: The use of French grew to the extent that, by the Liberation in 1945, all islanders had a working knowledge of French. The twentieth century saw a wholesale language shift, with islanders changing their language practices to the extent that there were no monolingual Corsican speakers left by the 1960s. By 1990, an estimated 50% of islanders had some degree of proficiency in Corsican, and a small minority, perhaps 10%, used Corsican as
1221-662: The vocalists in the rock band La Femme . She sang two songs on their 2013 album, Psycho Tropical Berlin . After leaving the group, she formed the duo Hologram with Maxime Sokolinski. In 2015–2016, Luciani accompanied singer Raphaël onstage for his Somnambules tour. In 2017, she performed with Benjamin Biolay and released her first EP , Monstre d'amour , recorded with Benjamin Lebeau ( The Shoes ) and Ambroise Willaume ( Revolver ), to critical acclaim. On 6 April 2018, Luciani released her first studio album, Sainte-Victoire , which
1258-483: Was an ancient town of Sardinia , near the northern extremity of the island, which appears to have been the customary landing-place for travelers coming from Corsica ; for which reason the Itineraries give no less than four lines of route, taking their departure from Tibula as a starting-point. (Itin. Ant. pp. 78–83.) Its position is a matter of great uncertainty. That assigned to it by Ptolemy would place it on
1295-461: Was brought by shepherds from Alta Rocca and Sartène in southern Corsica during immigration in the 17th to 18th centuries. Though influenced by Gallurese, it has maintained the original characteristics of Corsican. There are also numerous words of Genoese and Ponzese origin. The January 2007 estimated population of the island was 281,000, while the figure for the March 1999 census, when most of
1332-666: Was populated since the Mesolithic ( Dame de Bonifacio ) and the Neolithic by people who came from the Italian peninsula , especially the modern regions of Tuscany and Liguria . An important megalithic tradition developed locally since the 4th millennium BC . Reached, like Sardinia , by Polada culture influences in the Early Bronze Age , in the 2nd millennium BC Corsica, the southern part in particular, saw
1369-556: Was well received by the press. The following winter, she toured Australia, performing at the So Frenchy So Chic festival series in Adelaide , Melbourne , Sydney , and Brisbane . She released a second album, Cœur , in 2021. Luciani has cited Nico , PJ Harvey , Patti Smith , Françoise Hardy , Serge Gainsbourg , Michel Legrand , Paul McCartney , Sonic Youth , and Pixies as influences. Since 2019, she has been in
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