Sicilian language

E402118

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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sicilian language canonical 12
Sicilian 5
Sicilian culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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

Catanian Sicilian ⓘ
linked to: Catanese

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 Island of Sicily ⓘ
linked to: Sicily

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

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Normans → influencedLanguage → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject linked to: Norman
Italo-Dalmatian languages → hasPart → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject linked to: Italo-Dalmatian language
Italo-Dalmatian languages → hasLivingMember → Sicilian language ⓘ
subject linked to: Italo-Dalmatian language
Maltese people → languageInfluencedBy → Sicilian language ⓘ
northwestern Sicily → spokenLanguage → Sicilian language ⓘ
Ennesi → associatedWith → Sicilian language ⓘ
Ennesi → ethnoRegionalIdentity → Sicilian ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian language
Nisseni → usedIn → Sicilian language ⓘ
Nisseni → ethnoCulturalContext → Sicilian culture ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian language
Emirate of Sicily → culturalInfluenceOn → Sicilian language ⓘ
Italo-Romance dialects → hasMember → Sicilian ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian language
Napulitano → closelyRelatedTo → Sicilian language ⓘ
Insular Italy → hasRegionalLanguage → Sicilian ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian language
Sicilien → language → Sicilian ⓘ
subject linked to: "Sicilien" (album)
linked to: Sicilian language
Calabrian dialects → influencedBy → Sicilian language ⓘ
Calabrian dialects → closelyRelatedTo → Sicilian language ⓘ
Biancavilla → hasLanguageVariety → Sicilian language ⓘ
Rosolini → languageVarietySpoken → Sicilian ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian language