Equic language

Equic
Period	until 3rd century BC Chr.
Formerly spoken in	Italy
Linguistic ; classification	Indo-European languages Italian languages Equic ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xae

The äquische language was in ancient Italy from the Aequi speaking, the north of central Italy Fucino lake settled. It belongs to the Umbrian group of the Italic languages and is closely related to the Marsian and Volscian related language.

Lore

Of the language of the Aequer only a short inscription written in the Latin alphabet from the 2nd century BC. Known. This inscription from Collemaggiore ( Borgorose ) has only survived in a copy. Untermann lists the words handed down in this inscription as Martian.

There is also a short dedicatory inscription from Alba Fucens from the 3rd century BC. Chr. Handed down:

ALBSI PATRE

This inscription is interpreted by Baldi as "the (god named) Albanus father". However, the language used here can also be viewed as a dialect form of Latin.

The language of a somewhat longer inscription from Samnium is now regarded as dialectically shaped Latin.

history

From the barely existing tradition it can be indicated that the Aequer were quickly latinized after submission as a result of the Second Samnite War (304 BC).

literature

Overview

Philip Baldi: The Foundations of Latin . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3-11-017208-9 , pp. 122-123 .
Rex E. Wallace: The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy (= Languages of the World / Materials 371 ). Lincom, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89586-990-7 .

Texts

Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. University Press C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 .

dictionary

Jürgen Untermann : Dictionary of Oskisch-Umbrian (= manual of the Italian dialects; Volume 3 ). University Press C. Winter, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-8253-0963-0 .

Individual evidence

^ Rex E. Wallace: The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy (= Languages of the World / Materials 371 ). Lincom, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89586-990-7 , pp. 1 .
^ Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 , p. 67 .
^ ^A ^b Stuart-Smith, Jane: Phonetics and philology: Sound change in Italic . Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-925773-7 , pp. 124-125 .
↑ CIL 01, 385
^ ^A ^b ^c Philip Baldi: The Foundations of Latin . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3-11-017208-9 , pp. 122-123 .
↑ CIL 1, 1831

[1] Rex E. Wallace: The Sabellic Languages of Ancient Italy (= Languages of the World / Materials 371 ). Lincom, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89586-990-7 , pp. 1 .

[:0-2] Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 , p. 67 .

[:1-3] A ^b Stuart-Smith, Jane: Phonetics and philology: Sound change in Italic . Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-925773-7 , pp. 124-125 .

[4] CIL 01, 385

[:2-5] A ^b ^c Philip Baldi: The Foundations of Latin . Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2002, ISBN 3-11-017208-9 , pp. 122-123 .

[6] CIL 1, 1831