Sicilian language

Sicilian (Lu Sicilianu, Lingua Siciliana) is the Romance language spoken in Sicily and southern Italy. Sicilian dialects (or dialects comprising the Italiano_meridionale-estremo language group) are spoken on the island of Sicily (and all of its satellite islands), as well as in the southern and central sections of Calabria ("southern Calabro") and Puglia ("Salentino") on the Italian mainland. Ethnologue (see section below) describes Sicilian as being "distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language".

External links

• www.linguasiciliana.org
• Arba Sicula A non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the Sicilian language (bilingual: English and Sicilian)
• Ethnologue report on Sicilian
• Sicilian - English Dictionary
• Webster's Dictionary the Rosetta Edition