Sabellian

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Sabellian is an extinct group of Italic languages once spoken in ancient central and southern Italy, related to but distinct from Latin.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Sabellians 3
Sabellian peoples 1
Sabellian tribes 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language branch
extinct language group
group of languages
country Italy
distinctFrom Latin
era ancient Italy
glottologCode sabe1248
hasAlternativeName Sabellic languages
surface form: Sabellian languages

Sabellic
hasCharacteristic known mainly from inscriptions
shares morphological features with other Italic languages
shows sound changes distinct from Latin
hasPart Marrucini
surface form: Marrucinian

Oscan language
surface form: North Oscan

Oscan
Paelignian
Sabine language
South Picene
Umbrian
Vestinian
Volscian
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European

Italic
linguisticBranchOf Proto-Italic
namedAfter Sabellian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sabellians
region central Italy
southern Italy
relatedTo Latin
replacedBy Latin
spokenIn Apulia
Campania
Latium
Lucania
Picenum
Samnium
Umbria NERFINISHED
status extinct
subclassOf Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
early 1st millennium CE
writingSystem Old Italic script

Referenced by (6)

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

this entity surface form: Sabellian peoples
South Picene linguisticBranch Sabellian
Sabellian namedAfter Sabellian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sabellians
Sabellic languages namedAfter Sabellian
this entity surface form: Sabellians
Vestini partOf Sabellian
this entity surface form: Sabellian tribes
Umbrians relatedEthnicGroup Sabellian
this entity surface form: Sabellians