Concept information
Preferred term
xleLemnian
Type
-
Language
Definition
- The Lemnian language is a language of the 6th century BC spoken on the island of Lemnos. It is mainly attested by an inscription found on a funerary stele, termed the Lemnos stele, discovered in 1885 near Kaminia. However, fragments of inscriptions on local pottery show that it was spoken there by a community. In 2009, a newly discovered inscription from Efestia was reported. Lemnian is accepted as being closely related to Etruscan. After the Athenians conquered the island in the latter half of that century, Lemnian was replaced by Attic Greek.
Entry terms
- Lemnian language
ISO 639-3 code
- xle
Notation
- xle
In other languages
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Langue de Lemnos
French
-
Lemnische Sprache
German
-
Lingua lemnia
Italian
-
Portuguese
-
Idioma lemnio
Spanish
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/xle
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