Messapic alphabet
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The Messapic alphabet is an ancient script used in southeastern Italy to write the now-extinct Messapic language of the Messapian people.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Messapic alphabet canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alphabet
ⓘ
ancient script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Messapian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| chronology | earlier than widespread Latin literacy in the region ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Etruscan alphabet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscan alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Umbrian alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidence |
funerary inscriptions
ⓘ
inscriptions on pottery ⓘ inscriptions on stone ⓘ |
| geographicContext | pre-Roman Apulia and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Messapic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iapygia NERFINISHED ⓘ Salento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCategory | ancient Italic alphabet ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Old Italic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptType | consonant-vowel alphabet ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
Archaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeStatus | not encoded in Unicode as of 2024 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Messapian people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | writing the Messapic language ⓘ |
| usedIn | southeastern Italy ⓘ |
| usedUntil | Roman Republican period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
stone stelae
ⓘ
votive objects ⓘ |
| writingSystemFor | Indo-European language ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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