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Add-on on Locations

Flavio Mongiovi, Wed, 2023-02-01 15:38
Regarding: 
Location
ISO 639-3: 
scn

The Sicilian Language is spoken in Sicily and nearby islands (Eolie, Egadi, Pantelleria and Pelagie) but also in Calabria (safe for the northern part) and in Salento; as seen in the picture below.

Editorial Action

We will update the location of Sicilian [scn] in Italy, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Correction on Pugliese

Flavio Mongiovi, Wed, 2023-02-01 15:31
Regarding: 
Dialects
ISO 639-3: 
scn

The Pugliese dialect is a dialect of the Neapolitan language, when reffering to the sicilian dialect in Apulia we are talking about Salentino Dialect. 

Editorial Action

We will update the dialect names for Italian [ita], Napoletano-Calabrese [nap], and Sicilian [snc] in Italy, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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