Hernican language

E92465

The Hernican language was an extinct Italic tongue once spoken by the ancient Hernici people of central Italy, closely related to other Osco-Umbrian languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Marrucinian language 1
Volscian language 1

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language
extinct language
associatedPeople ancient Hernici people
attestedBy inscriptions
belongsTo ancient Italic languages
closelyRelatedTo Oscan language
Osco-Umbrian languages
surface form: Umbrian language
era 1st millennium BCE
extinction ancient times
family Osco-Umbrian languages
geographicDistribution central Apennine region
hasTypology inflected language
languageBranch Sabellic languages
partOf Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
region Latium
replacedBy Latin language
scriptDirection right-to-left
spokenBy Hernici
spokenIn Central Italy
surface form: central Italy
status extinct
subfamilyOf Italic languages
timeDepth pre-Roman period
usedIn public inscriptions
religious inscriptions
writingSystem Old Italic script

Referenced by (3)

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

Paelignian language closelyRelatedTo Hernican language
this entity surface form: Marrucinian language
Osco-Umbrian languages hasPart Hernican language
Sabellic languages hasPart Hernican language
this entity surface form: Volscian language