South Picene

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Italic language ancient language extinct language

South Picene is an extinct ancient Italic language once spoken in central Italy and known primarily from a small corpus of archaic inscriptions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
South Picenes 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
attestedBy inscriptions ⓘ
chronologicallyClassifiedAs archaic Italic ⓘ
corpusSize small corpus of inscriptions ⓘ
culturalContext Italic peoples of pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
distinctFrom North Picene ⓘ
evidenceType epigraphic evidence only ⓘ
extinctionStatus extinct in antiquity ⓘ
geographicContext pre-Roman Italy ⓘ
glottocode sout3140 ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Indo-European ⓘ
Proto-Italic ⓘ
hasFeature Indo-European verbal system ⓘ
case system ⓘ
inflectional morphology ⓘ
hasLimitedDocumentation true ⓘ
ISO639-3 spx ⓘ
languageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
surface form: Italic
languageStatus no native speakers ⓘ
linguisticBranch Sabellian ⓘ
precedes Latinization of Picenum ⓘ
reconstructedFrom inscriptions and comparative evidence ⓘ
region Abruzzo ⓘ
Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche

southern Picene territory ⓘ
relatedTo North Picene ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
surface form: Oscan

Umbrian ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
spokenInPastIn Adriatic side of the central Apennines ⓘ
Picenum ⓘ
Central Italy ⓘ
surface form: central Italy
studiedInDiscipline Indo-European studies ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Sabellic languages ⓘ
surface form: Sabellian language
timePeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
usesAlphabetDerivedFrom Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
writingMaterial stone inscriptions ⓘ
writingSystem Old Italic script ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemUnicodeBlock Old Italic script ⓘ
surface form: Old Italic

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Italic → ancestorOf → South Picene ⓘ
North Picene → distinctFrom → South Picene ⓘ
Sabellian → hasPart → South Picene ⓘ
Italic languages → includesLanguage → South Picene ⓘ
South Picene language → usedBy → South Picene ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Picenes