Sicilian language

E402118
Italo-Dalmatian language Romance language minority language

The Sicilian language is a Romance language spoken primarily in Sicily and parts of southern Italy, shaped over centuries by diverse influences including Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Norman French.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sicilian language canonical 7
Sicilian 1
Sicilian culture 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italo-Dalmatian language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
minority language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Italian language ⓘ
Neapolitan language ⓘ
derivedFrom Vulgar Latin ⓘ
hasDialects Calabrian dialects ⓘ
surface form: Calabrian Sicilian

Catanese ⓘ
surface form: Catanian Sicilian

Central Sicilian ⓘ
Eastern Sicilian ⓘ
Gallo-Italic of Sicily ⓘ
Palermitan Sicilian ⓘ
Salentino ⓘ
Western Sicilian ⓘ
hasEstimatedSpeakers over 4 million ⓘ
hasGlottologCode sici1248 ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code scn ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature use of clitic pronouns ⓘ
hasNativeName lingua siciliana ⓘ
sicilianu ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature palatalization of Latin consonants ⓘ
vowel length distinction in some dialects ⓘ
hasRegion Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Island of Sicily

Southern Italy ⓘ
hasRegulatoryBody Centro di studi filologici e linguistici siciliani ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature pro-drop word order ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
influencedBy Ancient Greek ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Normand ⓘ
surface form: Norman French

Spanish ⓘ
languageFamily Romance languages ⓘ
recognizedAs minority language in Italy ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
spokenIn Apulia ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Calabria ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subfamilyOf Italo-Dalmatian language ⓘ
surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
UNESCOStatus vulnerable ⓘ
usedIn Sicilian folk music ⓘ
Sicilian literature ⓘ
Sicilian theatre ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norman → influencedLanguage → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Normans
Italo-Dalmatian language → hasPart → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
Italo-Dalmatian language → hasLivingMember → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject surface form: Italo-Dalmatian languages
Maltese people → languageInfluencedBy → Sicilian language ⓘ
northwestern Sicily → spokenLanguage → Sicilian language ⓘ
Ennesi → associatedWith → Sicilian language ⓘ
Ennesi → ethnoRegionalIdentity → Sicilian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicilian
Nisseni → usedIn → Sicilian language ⓘ
Nisseni → ethnoCulturalContext → Sicilian language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sicilian culture