Lusitan language

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Lusitanian
Period until 2nd century AD

Formerly spoken in

western Iberian Peninsula
Linguistic
classification
Language codes
ISO 639-3

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Ancient languages ​​of the Iberian Peninsula (Lusitan language area here light blue)

The Lusitan language is an extinct language that was formerly spoken by the Lusitans in the west of the Iberian Peninsula .

Reproduction of the Lusitan inscription from Arroyo de la Luz ( Cáceres ) inscription: “ISAICCID. RVETI. PVPPID. CARLAE. EN ETOM. INDI. NA (.) (....) CE. IOM. M “Author of the reproduction: JM de la Osa

While an assignment to the Indo-European languages ​​is considered likely, the further classification of the Lusitan language is controversial. Some authors cite a non- Celtiberian origin of the language, as it shows a sound development that is atypical for the Celtic .

A relationship with the Celtic languages , which were also widespread in this area, has therefore not yet been proven. Although some Lusitanic terms are similar to those of other mainland Celtic languages, Lusitanic receives Indo-European * / p /, which has been lost in the Celtic languages.

The language is evidenced by a few short writings that were dated to the 1st century AD. These were written in the Latin alphabet . In addition, place names of Lusitan origin also exist in the region.

See also

literature

  • Patrizia de Bernardo stamp: Varieties of the Celtic on the Iberian Peninsula. In H. Birkhan et al. (Ed.): Celtic incursions on the Danube. (ÖAW Memorandum 345), Vienna 2007
  • Blanca María Prósper: Lenguas y religiones prerromanas del occidente de la Península Ibérica. Salamanca 2002, ISBN 84-7800-818-7
  • Joaquín Gorrochategui: En torno a la clasificación del lusitano. Actas del IV coloquio sobre lenguas y culturas paleohispanicas (1987) pp. 2-3.
  • Jürgen Untermann : Lusitan, Celtiberian, Celtic. Veleia 2-3, 1997 pp. 57-76.
  • Jürgen Untermann: Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum. IV The Tartessian, Celtiberian and Lusitanian inscriptions, Wiesbaden 1997
  • Jürgen Untermann: Discursos da Investidura de D. Jürgen Untermann como doutor "Honoris Causa". Santiago de Compostela: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, (2003).
  • Francisco Villar: Los indoeuropeos y los orígenes de Europa. Madrid 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernhard Maier: History and culture of the Celts. Vol. 3 Handbook of Classical Studies, CH Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 3-406-64143-1 , p. 210 f
  2. ↑ George Broderick: The pre-Roman languages ​​on the Iberian Peninsula . In: Uwe Hinrichs (Hrsg.): Das Handbuch Der Eurolinguistik . 1st edition. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 3-447-05928-1 , p. 302-304 .