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xlyElymian  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Elymian language is the extinct language of the ancient Elymian people of western Sicily. It is not known whether Elymian was an Indo-European tongue. The limited and fragmentary nature of the surviving sources makes it very difficult to identify its affinities with other regional languages; it has been speculated that Elymian was related to the Italic languages, though this interpretation is disputed.

Entry terms

  • Elymian language

ISO 639-3 code

  • xly

Notation

  • xly

In other languages

  • Elymische Sprache

    German

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/xly

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