Sardinian (sardu, limba sarda, lingua sarda) is the primary indigenous Romance language spoken on the island of Sardinia (Italy). Of the Romance languages it is considered the closest to Latin; but it also incorporates a substratum of Paleo-Sardinian (Nuragic), and has been influenced by Catalan and Spanish due to the past dominion of the Crown of Aragon and later the Spanish Empire over the island.