Raetic language

E8833
Alpine language Paleo-European language ancient language extinct language

The Raetic language is an extinct ancient language once spoken in the eastern Alpine region, known primarily from short inscriptions and often associated with the wider family of Paleo-European languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tyrsenian languages 2
Raetic 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alpine language ⓘ
Paleo-European language ⓘ
ancient language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
associatedCulture Raetia ⓘ
surface form: Raetian culture
associatedPeople Raetia ⓘ
surface form: Raeti
attestedIn funerary inscriptions ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
short inscriptions ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ
degreeOfDecipherment partially deciphered ⓘ
extinctionCause Romanization ⓘ
language shift to Latin ⓘ
extinctionPeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
geographicContext Central Europe ⓘ
grammaticalType suffixing language ⓘ
languageFamilyStatus uncertain classification ⓘ
morphologyType agglutinative features ⓘ
notClassifiedAs Indo-European language ⓘ
numberOfInscriptions fewer than 300 ⓘ
phonologicalFeature consonant clusters ⓘ
use of sibilants ⓘ
possiblyRelatedTo Etruscan language ⓘ
Lemnian language ⓘ
Raetic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tyrsenian languages
preRomanStatus pre-Roman language of the Alps ⓘ
regionType Alpine ⓘ
researchField epigraphy ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
spokenIn Alps ⓘ
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ
surface form: South Tyrol

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ⓘ
surface form: Trentino-Alto Adige

Austria ⓘ
surface form: Tyrol

eastern Alpine region ⓘ
German-speaking Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: eastern Switzerland

northern Italy ⓘ
western Austria ⓘ
status extinct ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
writingInfluenceFrom Etruscan alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Etruscan script

Venetic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Venetic script
writingMaterial metal ⓘ
rock faces ⓘ
stone ⓘ
writingSystem Etruscan-derived alphabet ⓘ
North Italic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Raetia → languageSpoken → Raetic language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raetic
Raetic language → possiblyRelatedTo → Raetic language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyrsenian languages
Etruscan language → relatedTo → Raetic language ⓘ
Lemnian language → subclassOf → Raetic language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tyrsenian languages
North Italic alphabet → usedFor → Raetic language ⓘ
Old Italic script → usedForLanguage → Raetic language ⓘ