Elymian language

Formerly spoken in

  • Indo-European languages Elymian

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The Elymian language is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient people of the Elymians between the 6th and 4th century BC in western Sicily.

The language is handed down only very sparse, in addition toponyms and Anthroponymen some characters on coins and sound fragments in Greek characters are mainly obtained, which were found in the ancient city of Segesta. From these sources we suspected a relationship with the Indo-European languages ​​, the further association remains unclear.

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