Lemnian language
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The Lemnian language is an extinct ancient language once spoken on the island of Lemnos in the Aegean Sea, known primarily from a few inscriptions and thought to be related to the Tyrsenian language family that includes Etruscan.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tyrsenian language
→
ancient language → extinct language → |
| country |
Ancient Greece
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|
| distinctFrom |
Ancient Greek
→
Indo-European languages → |
| era |
1st millennium BCE
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|
| evidence |
Lemnian stele
→
ceramic inscriptions → inscriptions → |
| extinction |
antiquity
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|
| glottocode |
lemn1242
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|
| hasAlternativeName |
Lemnian
→
Lemnian (Tyrsenian) → |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Tyrsenian
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|
| hasFeature |
agglutinative morphology
→
case suffixes → numeral system similar to Etruscan → personal names similar to Etruscan → postpositions → word-endings similar to Etruscan → |
| hasResearchField |
comparative linguistics
→
epigraphy → historical linguistics → |
| hasUnclear |
full lexicon
→
phonology → syntax → |
| ISO639-3 |
xle
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|
| languageFamily |
Tyrsenian
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|
| namedAfter |
Lemnos
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|
| numberOfInscriptions |
few
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|
| possibleOrigin |
pre-Greek population of the Aegean
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|
| region |
northeastern Aegean
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|
| relatedTo |
Etruscan language
→
Raetic language → |
| scriptDirection |
left-to-right
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|
| spokenIn |
Aegean Sea region
→
Lemnos → |
| status |
extinct
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|
| studiedBy |
epigraphers
→
linguists → |
| subclassOf |
Paleo-European language
→
Tyrsenian languages → |
| uncertainClassification |
yes
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|
| usedOn |
funerary stele
→
votive objects → |
| writingSystem |
Greek alphabet
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|
| writingSystemType |
alphabetic
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|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Lemnian language
("Lemnian (Tyrsenian)")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Raetic language
→
|
possiblyRelatedTo |