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- Elymian_language abstract "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 language. 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.Only a handful of Elymian texts have survived. These comprise a few placenames and personal names; several coins inscribed in Greek script with the names of Elymian cities; and around 170 fragments of pottery inscribed in Greek script, found in the ruined Elymian city of Segesta. All of the texts date to between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. The majority are very short and fragmentary (only a few characters), with the small number of longer texts apparently containing a name, sometimes followed by "I am". A vase found at Montedoro, around 15 km southwest of Palermo, features the only known complete inscription in Elymian. Tentatively translated, it may be read as "I [the pot] am [a gift] for/by Ata Tuka".[citation needed]The problem of the identification of Elymian language can be summarized under two main positions. Some historical linguists agree that some peculiarities of that language, like non-alphabetic symbols engraved on some dedicational fragments of pots, and genitive in -ai found in almost all the complete sequences, are aspects of its non-Hellenic Eastern origin. Other historical linguists classify it as Indo-European on the basis of some affinities with Italic languages. At this point, the problem of its linguistic affiliation can receive new light only with the carrying out of archaeological investigations in Elymian settlements in western Sicily.".
- Elymian_language iso6393Code "xly".
- Elymian_language spokenIn Sicily.
- Elymian_language wikiPageID "1005312".
- Elymian_language wikiPageRevisionID "601915102".
- Elymian_language extinct "3".
- Elymian_language familycolor "Unclassified".
- Elymian_language glotto "elym1237".
- Elymian_language hasPhotoCollection Elymian_language.
- Elymian_language iso "xly".
- Elymian_language linglist "xly".
- Elymian_language name "Elymian".
- Elymian_language region Sicily.
- Elymian_language subject Category:Ancient_Sicily.
- Elymian_language subject Category:Extinct_languages_of_Italy.
- Elymian_language subject Category:Languages_of_Sicily.
- Elymian_language subject Category:Languages_of_ancient_Italy.
- Elymian_language subject Category:Pre-Indo-Europeans.
- Elymian_language type Abstraction100002137.
- Elymian_language type Communication100033020.
- Elymian_language type Language106282651.
- Elymian_language type LanguagesOfSicily.
- Elymian_language type Language.
- Elymian_language type Language.
- Elymian_language type InformationEntity.
- Elymian_language comment "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 language. 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.Only a handful of Elymian texts have survived.".
- Elymian_language label "Elymian language".
- Elymian_language label "Elymische Sprache".
- Elymian_language label "Элимский язык".
- Elymian_language sameAs Elymische_Sprache.
- Elymian_language sameAs m.03yjyw.
- Elymian_language sameAs Q35329.
- Elymian_language sameAs Q35329.
- Elymian_language sameAs Elymian_language.
- Elymian_language wasDerivedFrom Elymian_language?oldid=601915102.
- Elymian_language isPrimaryTopicOf Elymian_language.
- Elymian_language name "Elymian".