The indigenous languages of ancient Sicily by Prag, JR

“…Traditionally, three indigenous languages (Sikel, Sikan, and Elymian) are identified in use in Sicily in the period between the seventh and fourth centuries BCE. …”

Greek epigraphy in Sicily, 2017-2021 by Prag, J

“…Particular attention is drawn to the development of the digital corpus, I.Sicily, to the expansion of materials in the indigenous languages of Sikel and Elymian, to study of material from Segesta, Halaesa, Messina and Himera, to defixiones and other metal epigraphy, to new funerary inscriptions, and to material and studies relevant to sigla, onomastics, numerals, institutions, and socio-linguistics.…”

Epigraphic habit a Segesta. Aspetti civici e sociali by Donatella Erdas

“…The present contribution aims at highlighting first of all the tendency of Segesta to favour Greek as a language and, consequently, as writing, even until the 1st century BC, when the Elymian city had been under Roman rule for two centuries. …”
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