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Ancient Sicily held a significant position in the Mediterranean and served as a meeting point for many cultures. Between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE, indigenous languages besides Greek and Phoenician were spoken on the island. These languages, generally referred to in Italian sources as "Anellenico" (non-Greek), were associated with ancient peoples such as the Elymians and Sicani and Sicels. However, evidence surviving from these languages is extremely scarce, and interpreting them presents ch