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Sicilian (Sicilian: sicilianu, Sicilian:[sɪ(t)ʃɪˈljaːnu]; Italian: siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands.[3]
It belongs to the broader Extreme Southern Italian language group (in Italian italiano meridionale estremo).[4]
Ethnologue (see below for more detail) describes Sicilian as being "distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language",[3] and it is recognized as a minority language by UNESCO.[5][6][7][8] It has been referred to as a language by the Sicilian Region.[2] It has the oldest literary tradition of the Italo-Romance languages.[9][10] A version of the UNESCO Courier is also available in Sicilian.
^Sicilian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ abIniziative 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). May 15, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
^ ab"Sicilian entry in Ethnologue". www.ethnologue.com. Retrieved 27 Dec 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 August 16, 2016.
^"Lingue riconosciute dall'UNESCO e non tutelate dalla 482/99". Piacenza: Associazion Linguìstica Padaneisa. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
^Cipolla 2004, pp. 150–151.
^Sammartino, Peter; Roberts, William (2001-01-01). Sicily: An Informal History. Associated University Presses. ISBN 9780845348772.
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