Umbrians

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The Umbrians were an ancient Italic people of central Italy, known for their distinct Umbrian language and culture prior to Romanization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
ethnic group
archaeologicalCulture Umbrian archaeological culture
conqueredBy Roman Republic
continent Europe
country Italy
culture Umbrian culture
economy agriculture
metalworking
pastoralism
ethnonym Umbria
surface form: Umbri
ethnonymLanguage Latin
historicalStatus extinct ethnic group
integratedInto Italia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Italy
knownFor Iguvine Tablets
surface form: Iguvine Tables

Umbrian language inscriptions
language Osco-Umbrian languages
surface form: Umbrian language
languageFamily Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
languageStatus extinct language community
locatedIn central Italy
majorSite Ameria
Iguvium
Mevania
Nocera Umbra
surface form: Nuceria Camellaria

Spoletium
Tuder
militaryRole allies of Rome
neighboringPeople Etruscans NERFINISHED
Latins
Picenes
Sabines
pantheonType polytheistic
partOf ancient Italic peoples
politicalOrganization city-states
process Romanization
region Umbria NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Latins
Oscan peoples
Sabellian
surface form: Sabellians
relatedLanguage Latin
surface form: Latin language

Oscan language
religion pre-Roman Italic polytheism
religiousText Iguvine Tablets
surface form: Iguvine Tables
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Iron Age
writingSystem Old Italic script

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