Sicilian is a Romance language spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands, belonging to the broader Extreme Southern Italian language group. Within this atlas it is treated as a regional dialect and variety of Italian, though many linguists classify it as a separate Romance language in its own right rather than a dialect of standard Italian.
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Regionis a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands. 1 Speaker CommunitySicilian is spoken by most inhabitants of Sicily and by emigrant populations around the world. 1 Distinguishing Featuresdistinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language 1 Classification
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Sicilian is an Extreme Southern Italian Romance language that developed from the Vulgar Latin introduced to Sicily under Roman rule, a sister development to Italian rather than a derivation from it.
Source Wikipedia: Sicilian Language
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1. Wikipedia: Sicilian Language
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is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands.
Status section, opening sentence
Sicilian is spoken by most inhabitants of Sicily and by emigrant populations around the world.
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distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language
Variety kind, Sicilian entity page
Within this atlas it is treated as a regional dialect and variety of Italian, though many linguists classify it as a separate Romance language in its own right rather than a dialect of standard Italian.
Descends From: Latin, Phonology section
A further range of consonantal sound shifts occurred between the Vulgar Latin introduced to the island following Roman rule and the subsequent development of the Sicilian language.
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