[TI] A very interesting article on the Sicilian language

[Sally Glenn]

Thanks Ken. Interesting and informative.
Sally Ann Piazza Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Geraci" <ken_geraci at yahoo.com>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 5:30 PM
Subject: [TI] A very interesting article on the Sicilian language


>I was browsing around on "Wikipedia", the free internet encyclopedia and I 
>came across a really impressive article on the Sicilian language. Of 
>course, each Wikipedia article is written by whomever wishes to do so and 
>some are uneven in their quality. However, this particular article really 
>seemed to be among the best I have ever seen on Wikipedia.
>
> The article gives information about all of the nations and peoples that 
> have inhabited Sicily and lists the various words that they each have 
> contributed to the Sicilian language. This article is first about the 
> language but also gives an anstounding amount of historical information on 
> Sicily. The article even mentions that historians believe that there were 
> never more than 5,000 Normans actually settled in Sicily during the years 
> of Norman rule which surprised me.
>
> Here is a link to the actual article:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_language
>
> The article is very detailed (almost to a fault), I hope everyone finds it 
> as interesting as I did,
>
> Ken Geraci
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