Italian Culture

The Sicilian language, which naturally evolved from Latin, was for centuries relegated to the status of a dialect. It has now been officially recognised as a language in its own right by UNESCO and by the Sicilian region.

Sicilian holds the oldest literary tradition of the Italo-Romance languages. Frederick II, King of Sicily, founded the prestigious School of Sicilian Poetry back in 1220, which gave new breath to this beautiful language and tradition.

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This 2-hour workshop will give you an insight into how most European languages originated. We will look at how the Romance languages evolved from the different ‘Vulgar Latin’ speeches, before they transformed themselves into Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.

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