Sicel language

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Sicel was an ancient language spoken by the Sicels (Greek Sikeloi, Latin Siculi), one of the three indigenous (i.e. pre-Greek and pre-Punic) tribes of Sicily. According to some authors (Varro, Diodorus Siculus) the speakers of Sicel entered Sicily from the Italian mainland, and the language is quite likely of Indo-European origin.

While it cannot be stated with certainty that the Sicel language belonged to the Italic subfamily of Indo-European, the Sicels were most probably related to a number of tribes of southern Italy — such as the Italiotes of Calabria, the Oenotrians, Chones, and Leuterni (or Leutarni), the Opicans, and the Ausones — all of which were overrun by Oscan-speaking Samnites, Lucanians, and Bruttii.