South Picene language
E70346
The South Picene language is an extinct Italic language once spoken in central Italy, known primarily from a small corpus of archaic inscriptions.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italic language
ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| attested |
5th century BCE
ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ |
| chronology | pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| documentation | short inscriptions ⓘ |
| era | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| evidence | epigraphic ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | language shift to Latin ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Adriatic side of central Italy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
South Picenian
ⓘ
Sudpiceno ⓘ |
| hasCorpusSize | small corpus ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
archaic phonology
ⓘ
distinctive morphology ⓘ use of Old Italic letter forms ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | sout3110 ⓘ |
| hasWriting | South Picene inscriptions ⓘ |
| inscriptionMaterial |
funerary monuments
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| inscriptionType |
funerary inscriptions
ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | spx ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Sabellic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sabellian languages
|
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Italic languages ⓘ |
| regionType | ancient Italic region ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Latin
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin language
North Picene language ⓘ Oscan language ⓘ Osco-Umbrian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Umbrian language
|
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Picenum
ⓘ
Central Italy ⓘ
surface form:
central Italy
Abruzzo ⓘ
surface form:
northern Abruzzo
southern Marche ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indo-European studies
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
Sabellian language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
South Picene
ⓘ
surface form:
South Picenes
|
| writingSystem | Old Italic script ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily |
Old Italic script
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Italic alphabets
|
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