𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲. And like any living language, it speaks in many voices. Sicilian (or 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘶) is not a dialect of Italian, it’s a standalone Romance language with deep roots in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Norman, Catalan, and more. In fact, in 2011, UNESCO recognized Sicilian as a distinct language at risk of extinction. It was once so prominent that Frederick II’s court in Palermo used it as the official language for poetry, helping to birth the first son