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| Sicilian | |
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| sicilianu | |
| Native to | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Ethnicity | Sicilians |
Native speakers | 4.7 million (2002)[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | scn |
| ISO 639-3 | scn |
| Glottolog | sici1248 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAA-re & -rf (mainland 51-AAA-rc & -rd) |
 Sicilian linguistic area | |
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Sicilian (Sicilian: sicilianu, Sicilian: [sɪʃɪˈljaːnʊ][3]; Italian: siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands.[4] It belongs to the broader Extreme Southern Italian language group (in Italian italiano meridionale estremo).[5]
Ethnologue (see below for more detail) describes Sicilian as being "distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language",[4] and it is recognized as a minority language by UNESCO.[6][7][8][9] It has been referred to as a language by the Sicilian Region.[2] It has the oldest literary tradition of the Italo-Romance languages.[10][11] A version of the UNESCO Courier is also available in Sicilian.
- ^ Sicilian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b Iniziative per la promozione e valorizzazione della lingua Siciliana e l'insegnamento della storia della Sicilia nelle scuole di ogni ordine e grado della Regione [Initiatives for the promotion and development of Sicilian language in the schools of all type and degree of the Region] (PDF) (resolution) (in Italian). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Otherwise Sicilian pronunciation: [sɪʃɪˈlianʊ] with a dieretic syllable.
- ^ a b "Sicilian entry in Ethnologue". www.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
(20th ed. 2017)
- ^ Avolio, Francesco (2012). Lingue e dialetti d'Italia [Languages and dialects of Italy] (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Rome: Carocci. p. 54.
- ^ Wei, Li; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Housen, Alex (2002). Opportunities and Challenges of Bilingualism. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110852004.
- ^ Facaros, Dana; Pauls, Michael (2008). Sicily. New Holland Publishers. ISBN 9781860113970.
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Lingue riconosciute dall'UNESCO e non tutelate dalla 482/99". Piacenza: Associazion Linguìstica Padaneisa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Cipolla 2004, pp. 150–151.
- ^ Sammartino, Peter; Roberts, William (1 January 2001). Sicily: An Informal History. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348772.