Sicilian language
- Sicilian is a Romance language spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands.
- Sicilian belongs to the Extreme Southern Italian language group.
- Ethnologue describes Sicilian as a separate language and UNESCO recognizes it as a minority language.
- Sicilian has a rich and varied lexical stock and grammar due to its history and influences from various languages.
- The Sicilian language has its own dialects, including Western Sicilian, Central Metafonetic, Southeast Metafonetic, Ennese, Eastern Non-Metafonetic, Messinese, Eoliano, Pantesco, and Reggino.
- Sicilian has been influenced by Latin, Ancient Greek, Spanish, Norman, Lombard, Hebrew, Catalan, Occitan, Arabic, and Germanic languages.
- The language has also been influenced by the Sicels, Sicanians, and Elymians, the aboriginal Indo-European and pre-Indo-European inhabitants of Sicily.
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