Sabellic languages

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Italic languages subgroup language group

The Sabellic languages are an extinct group of closely related Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, distinct from Latin and including varieties such as Oscan and Umbrian.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sabellian languages 6
Sabellian language 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic languages subgroup ⓘ
language group ⓘ
arealFeature contact with Etruscan language ⓘ
contact with Latin language ⓘ
classificationStatus partly uncertain for minor varieties ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
distinctFrom Latin language ⓘ
evidenceType epigraphic evidence ⓘ
glosses in ancient authors ⓘ
hasNotableInscription Cippus Abellanus ⓘ
Tabula Bantina ⓘ
surface form: Oscan Tabula Bantina

Tabula Bantina ⓘ
surface form: Tabulae Iguvinae
hasPart Aequian language ⓘ
Hernican language ⓘ
Marrucinian language ⓘ
North Oscan varieties ⓘ
Oscan language ⓘ
Paelignian language ⓘ
Sabine language ⓘ
South Picene language ⓘ
Osco-Umbrian languages ⓘ
surface form: Umbrian language

Vestinian language ⓘ
Hernican language ⓘ
surface form: Volscian language
languageFamily Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages ⓘ
morphologicalFeature use of -d deictic particle in some forms ⓘ
namedAfter Sabellian ⓘ
surface form: Sabellians
phonologicalFeature retention of Indo-European labiovelars in some varieties ⓘ
region central Italy ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
replacedBy Latin ⓘ
surface form: Latin language
scriptDirection left-to-right in later inscriptions ⓘ
right-to-left in early inscriptions ⓘ
spokenBy Oscan-speaking peoples ⓘ
Sabine people ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
surface form: Samnite tribes

Umbrian-speaking peoples ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
studiedIn Indo-European studies ⓘ
Italic philology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subclassOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: Roman Republican period
writingSystem Old Italic script ⓘ
Oscan alphabet ⓘ
Umbrian alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Osco-Umbrian languages → alsoKnownAs → Sabellic languages ⓘ
Proto-Italic → ancestorOf → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages
Sabellian → hasAlternativeName → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages
South Picene language → languageBranch → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages
Lucani → languageFamily → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages
Oscan alphabet → languageFamilyWritten → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages
Vestini → spokeLanguage → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian language
South Picene → subclassOf → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian language
Oscan language → subfamily → Sabellic languages ⓘ
Paelignian language → subfamily → Sabellic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sabellian languages