North Picene language
E99848
The North Picene language is an extinct and largely undeciphered ancient language once spoken in the Picenum region of eastern Italy, known primarily from a small number of inscriptions.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient language
→
extinct language → undeciphered language → |
| alternativeName | North Picene → |
| associatedPeople | Picenes → |
| attestedBy | inscriptions → |
| continent | Europe → |
| countryInAntiquity | Italy → |
| culturalContext | pre-Roman Italy → |
| degreeOfDecipherment | largely undeciphered → |
| distinctFrom |
Picene (umbrella term for other local languages)
→
South Picene language → |
| documentationLevel | very limited → |
| era | 1st millennium BCE → |
| evidenceType | epigraphic → |
| geneticClassification | unknown → |
| geographicContext | ancient Picenum region → |
| hasProposedRelation |
Illyrian language
→
surface form: "Illyrian (hypothetical)"
Italic languages (hypothetical) → non-Indo-European substrate (hypothetical) → |
| hasUncertainGrammar | true → |
| hasUncertainVocabulary | true → |
| ISO639Status | no ISO 639-3 code → |
| isUndeciphered | true → |
| knownFrom | Novilara inscriptions → |
| languageFamily | unclassified → |
| numberOfKnownInscriptions | few → |
| possiblyExtinctBy |
Roman Republic
→
surface form: "Roman Republican period"
|
| primaryCorpusLocation | Novilara → |
| region | Adriatic coast of central Italy → |
| researchField |
epigraphy
→
historical linguistics → |
| scriptFamily |
Old Italic script
→
surface form: "Old Italic scripts"
|
| spokenInPastIn |
Picenum
→
eastern Italy → |
| status | extinct → |
| writingDirection | right-to-left → |
| writingSystem | Old Italic script → |
Referenced by (3)
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