Messapic language
E924266
The Messapic language was an extinct Indo-European tongue once spoken in the Apulia region of southern Italy by the Messapii people, known primarily from fragmentary inscriptions and thought to be related to the Illyrian languages.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Iapygians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Messapii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestationStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| attestationType | epigraphic ⓘ |
| attestedIn | inscriptions ⓘ |
| classificationCertainty | uncertain subgrouping within Indo-European ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Greek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Messapian civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| degreeOfDecipherment | partially understood ⓘ |
| extinctIn | Classical antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| geographicContext | pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | listed ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalGender | yes ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | fusional ⓘ |
| hasNumberDistinction |
plural
ⓘ
singular ⓘ |
| hasPartOfSpeech |
adjective
ⓘ
noun ⓘ verb ⓘ |
| hasWordOrderEvidence | limited ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| mainCorpusType |
funerary inscriptions
ⓘ
votive inscriptions ⓘ |
| possibleRelative | Illyrian languages ⓘ |
| possiblyRelatedTo | Illyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | none ⓘ |
| region |
Iapygia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salento NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Indo-European studies
ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Messapii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Apulia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInLinguistics | poorly attested ⓘ |
| successorLanguage | Latin in Apulia ⓘ |
| timeDepth | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| usedIn | Messapian inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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