Sicilian
A language of Italy
| Population | 4,830,000 (2000). |
| Region | Sicily. |
| Alternate names | Calabro-Sicilian, Sicilianu, Siculu |
| Dialects | Western Sicilian (Palermo, Trapani, Central-Western Agrigentino), Central Metafonetica, Southeast Metafonetica, Eastern Nonmetafonetica, Messinese, Isole Eolie, Pantesco, Southern Calabro. Distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language. The Pugliese dialect of Italian and Southern Calabrese are reportedly dialects of Sicilian. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian |
| Language use | Vigorous. Also use Italian. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1860. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Christian. |
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