Sicel
E19240
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sikelian | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
glosses
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ personal names ⓘ toponyms ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Italic languages (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culturalArea | pre-Roman Italic cultures ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| era | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Sicels ⓘ |
| evidenceType | fragmentary ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
language shift to Ancient Greek
ⓘ
language shift to Latin ⓘ |
| geographicDetail | eastern and central Sicily ⓘ |
| glottologCode | none ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siculian
ⓘ
Sicel ⓘ
surface form:
Sikelian
|
| hasFeature |
Indo-European morphology
ⓘ
case inflection ⓘ nominal inflection ⓘ verbal inflection ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
pre-Hellenistic Sicily
ⓘ
pre-Roman Sicily ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ancient Greek (lexical influence)
ⓘ
local pre-Indo-European substrates (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | none ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European
|
| namedAfter | Sicels ⓘ |
| possibleBranch | Italic ⓘ |
| region |
Mediterranean Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean
|
| replacedBy |
Ancient Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Sicels ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Sicily
ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Sicily
|
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Indo-European studies
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Italic language ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre-classical period ⓘ |
| uncertainty | exact classification within Indo-European is debated ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Greek alphabet
ⓘ
indigenous Sicel script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sikelian