How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact overall?

Since 1200 and still ongoing today.

Possibly starting even earlier.

What is the overall time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction?

1300–1800.

From approx. 1800 onwards contact has been in Italian.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people practised exchange for?

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing today.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in exchange?

1300–1800.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group peoples been forming families with each other for?

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing.

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing.

What’s the time frame of densest contact between Focus Group and Neighbour Group as far as family formation is concerned?

1500–1800

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been involved in the knowledge domain together for?

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing. Since approx. 1800 contact has been through Italian, not Sicilian. However, contact between the two peoples still continues to some degree.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the knowledge domain?

1300–1700

How long have Focus Group people and Neighbour Group people worked together for?

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing today.

Documented since approx. 1300.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the labour domain?

1400–1800. As with other domains, from approx. 1800 onwards contact has been in Italian.

As with other domains, from approx. 1800 onwards contact has been in Italian.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people been in contact in the local community?

Since approx. 1300 and still ongoing today.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in the local community?

1300–1800. As in other domains, after 1800 contacts are in Italian.

How long have Focus Group and Neighbour Group people traded for?

Since approx. 1200 and still ongoing today. Contact still ongoing today in the sense that Sicilians as a group are trading with Maltese, although Sicilian language is not used anymore.

Contact still ongoing today in the sense that Sicilians as a group are trading with Maltese, although Sicilian language is not used anymore.

What is the time frame when the largest number of people had the most opportunities for interaction in trade?

1200-1800. Since approx. 1800 contacts have been mostly through (Tuscan) Italian, which started gaining ground already in mid-1500s.