Elymic language

Elymic
Period	6th to 4th century BC Chr.
Formerly spoken in	Sicily
Linguistic ; classification	Indo-European languages Elymic ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xly

The Elymian language is a dead language , that of the native population West Sicilian , which in ancient times as Elymians was spoken was called. Written evidence of this language dates from the 6th to 4th centuries BC. Chr.

The language is very sparsely transmitted, in addition to toponyms and anthroponyms , mainly some characters on coins and sound fragments in Greek script , which were found in the ancient city of Segesta . Based on these sources, research agrees that Elymic is an Indo-European language , the closer assignment to a certain Indo-European language group has long been controversial and has not yet been clarified.

Individual evidence

↑ Simona Marchesini: The Elymian language. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 95–114, here: p. 96.
^ Glanville Price: Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe . 1st edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken 2000, ISBN 0-631-22039-9 , pp. 136 .
↑ Simona Marchesini: The Elymian language. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 96; 111-114.

[1] Simona Marchesini: The Elymian language. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, 2012, pp. 95–114, here: p. 96.

[2] Glanville Price: Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe . 1st edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken 2000, ISBN 0-631-22039-9 , pp. 136 .

[3] Simona Marchesini: The Elymian language. In: Olga Tribulato (Ed.): Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 96; 111-114.