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Name: Sicel Type: Language Alternate Name: Siculan Code: scx Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: LINGUIST List Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite) Parent Subgroup: Unclassified Indo-European (uieu) Brief Description: An ancient language of the Siculi, who lived in Sicily and parts of southern Italy. Indo-European, but unclassified, though there are enough similarities between Sicel and Messapic to open the possibility that they are related. The best known inscription is the Centuripa Vase, from the 5th century BC, and there are four inscriptions of the 3rd century BC and coins of the 6th and 5th centuries BC.

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Linguist List Status: Extinct