Sicilian language

Sicilian
Sicilian
Sicilianu
Native to	Italy
Region	Sicily
Ethnicity	Sicilians
Native speakers	4.7 million (2002)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Italo-Western Italo-Dalmatian Italo-Romance Extreme Southern Italian Sicilian; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Pantesco; Western; Eastern; Central Metaphonetic; Southeast Metaphonetic; Ennese; Eastern Non-Metaphonetic; Messinese; Eoliano; Reggino;
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Sicily (limited recognition)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	scn
ISO 639-3	scn
Glottolog	sici1248
Linguasphere	51-AAA-re & -rf (mainland 51-AAA-rc & -rd)
	Sicilian as part of the Central-southern Italian linguistic area Middle Italian Intermediate Southern Italian Extreme Southern Italian (Includes Sicilian)

Sicilian (Sicilian: sicilianu, pronounced [sɪ(t)ʃɪˈljaːnʊ]; Italian: siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands. It belongs to the broader Extreme Southern Italian language group (in Italian italiano meridionale estremo).

Ethnologue (see below for more detail) describes Sicilian as being "distinct enough from Standard Italian to be considered a separate language", and it is recognized as a minority language by UNESCO. It has been referred to as a language by the Sicilian Region. It has the oldest literary tradition of the Italo-Romance languages. A version of the UNESCO Courier is also available in Sicilian.

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