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Language code: scn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code scn

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The table below provides technical details for the Sicilian language, designated by the scn code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

scn

Name

Sicilian

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central PalermoEastern (Messina)CaltagironeWestern AgrigentoPantesco
Related languages
ItalianNeapolitanCorsicanSouthern Calabrian
Key facts
UNESCO treats Sicilian as a separate Romance language, not merely a dialect of ItalianIt contains a large substratum of Arabic-derived vocabulary due to Emirate-period influenceThe 13th-century "Sicilian School" produced some of the earliest poetry in any Romance language and helped shape the sonnetSicilian maintains the original five-vowel Latin system, merging distinctions found in Standard ItalianMany Sicilian words and expressions entered Italian-American English through migration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sample phrase

Ciau, comu stai?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Sicilian language, identified by the code scn, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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