one of the most sparsely documented of the ancient Anatolian languages, Sidetic was spoken in the ancient city of Side on the coast of Pamphylia. The language is known from a few coins and some half-dozen inscriptions, which appear to be votive in nature. The inscriptions date from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE; the coins are probably somewhat older. Patronymics (patronymic) with an -s suffix, and a word for ‘god' that is likely cognate with that of Luwian (Luwian language), Lycian (Lycian language), and Carian (Carian language), argue that Sidetic is an Indo-European language (Indo-European languages).