Elymian language
Elymian is the extinct language of the ancient Elymian people of western Sicily. Its characteristics are little known because of the extremely limited and fragmentary nature of the surviving texts.
| Elymian | |
|---|---|
| Region | Sicily |
| Ethnicity | Elymians |
| Extinct | 3rd century BC? |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xly |
xly | |
| Glottolog | elym1237 |
Elymian was spoken in the red region. | |
The origins of Elymian and its exact relationships with other languages are unclear due to scarcity of data. It is generally assumed to have been an Indo-European language, but its classification within the Indo-European family is disputed. It has been speculated that Elymian was related to either the Italic languages or the Anatolian languages (such as Hittite), although both theories are disputed.
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