ISO 639-3 · scnscn
Indo-European family
Sicilian
Sicilianu
Sicilian is a language of the Italo-Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in Italy. Wikidata counts 4.7 m first-language speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “Extreme Southern Italian language spoken in Sicily and surrounding islands”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
scn- Glottocode
sici1248- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 37.70, 14.40
- Wikipedia
- 105 language editions
4.7 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
7levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sicilian · Sicilianu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sicilian language, Sicilianu, Siculo, Siciliano |
| L1 speakers | 4,700,000 (2002) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Sicilian
The branches above Sicilian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Italy
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