North Picene
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North Picene is an extinct, poorly understood ancient language once spoken in parts of the Italian Peninsula and known primarily from a small number of inscriptions.
Aliases (1)
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient language
→
extinct language → unclassified language → |
| attestedIn |
Novilara inscriptions
→
Stele of Novilara → inscriptions → |
| classificationStatus |
unclassified within Indo-European or non–Indo-European
→
|
| distinctFrom |
Picene (general label)
→
South Picene → |
| era |
1st millennium BCE
→
Iron Age → |
| evidenceType |
epigraphic
→
|
| geographicDistribution |
area around Novilara in modern Marche, Italy
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|
| hasAlternativeName |
North Picene language
→
North Picenian → |
| hasKnownGrammar |
false
→
|
| hasKnownVocabulary |
very limited
→
|
| hasLimitedCorpus |
true
→
|
| hasUncertainAffiliation |
true
→
|
| isDeciphered |
false
→
|
| ISO639-3 |
nrp
→
|
| isPoorlyAttested |
true
→
|
| isRelatedTo |
unknown
→
|
| isSubjectOf |
studies on ancient Italic epigraphy
→
studies on undeciphered languages → |
| languageFamily |
unknown
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|
| numberOfAttestations |
very few inscriptions
→
|
| region |
Picenum
→
|
| researchedBy |
epigraphers
→
historical linguists → |
| scriptDirection |
left-to-right
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|
| spokenBy |
ancient Picene population in the north
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|
| spokenIn |
Italian Peninsula
→
ancient Italy → northern Adriatic region → |
| status |
extinct
→
|
| writingSystem |
Old Italic–type script
→
alphabetic script → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
North Picene language
→
|
alternativeName |
|
South Picene
→
|
distinctFrom |
|
North Picene
("North Picenian")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Italic languages
→
|
includesLanguage |
|
South Picene
→
|
relatedTo |