Corsicans/French language

[Cooney]

Originally Posted by ajaccio corsica

hi
she has a southern corsican accent from ajaccio
btw corsican italian and french are different languages, french ppl are unable to undertand corsican
cheers

I'm definitely aware of the difference between French and Corsican, which look and sound almost nothing alike. I've heard though, that sometimes Italians and Corsicans can at least understand each other's spoken languages, because there are enough similarities. Is that accurate? I know they are different languages, but are they similar enough to allow that? I've successfully translated at least a couple small Corsican phrases using my Italian dictionary :-)

[ajaccio corsica]

hi
yep, some italians are able to understand the language and some are not
they have facilities to learn it for sure, it's difficult to write though
I worked with cuban musicians who only spoke spanish and I used corsican all the time, fact is they understood me, well they pretended to understand maybe
cheers