Oscan language

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Italic language extinct language

The Oscan language was an extinct Italic language once spoken by the Samnites and other peoples of southern Italy, closely related to Latin and Umbrian.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Oscan	10
North Oscan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ
attestedFrom	5th century BCE ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language Osco-Umbrian languages ⓘ surface form: Umbrian language
derivedFrom	Old Italic script ⓘ
family	Italic branch of the Indo-European language family ⓘ
genders	feminine ⓘ masculine ⓘ neuter ⓘ
hasCaseSystem	yes ⓘ
hasGenderSystem	yes ⓘ
hasGrammaticalNumber	plural ⓘ singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinction between long and short vowels ⓘ retention of Indo-European aspirates as fricatives in some positions ⓘ
ISO639-3	osc ⓘ
linguisticType	fusional language ⓘ inflected language ⓘ
majorInscriptionSite	Bantia ⓘ Capua ⓘ Pompeii ⓘ
notableInscription	Cippus Abellanus ⓘ Tabula Bantina ⓘ
numberOfCases	at least six cases ⓘ
partOf	ancient Italic languages ⓘ
region	Bruttium ⓘ Campania ⓘ Lucania ⓘ Samnium ⓘ
replacedBy	Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language
scriptDirection	right-to-left in Oscan alphabet ⓘ
spokenBy	Aurunci ⓘ Bruttians ⓘ Aurunci ⓘ surface form: Campanians Aurunci ⓘ surface form: Lucanians Sabines ⓘ Samnites ⓘ Sidicini ⓘ
spokenIn	Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
studiedInDiscipline	Indo-European studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ
subfamily	Sabellic languages ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
wentExtinct	1st century CE ⓘ
wordOrder	flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ Oscan alphabet ⓘ