Marrukin language

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

The Marrukin language was spoken in ancient Italy by the Marrukin people who settled on the Abruzzo coast . It belongs to the northern group of Italian languages and is closely related to the Vestinian language .

Lore

As for the Vestinian language, only six texts have survived. All of these traditional texts are written in the Latin alphabet .

The most important evidence of the Marrukin language is a bronze plaque from the 3rd century BC. It was discovered in what is now Rapino , but was later lost in the turmoil of World War II . Although the inscription is difficult to interpret, the language can be clearly identified as Italian.

In addition, five short inscriptions are known: two building inscriptions (one from Chieti and one from Tocco da Casauria ) and three grave inscriptions (two from Serramonacesca and one from Chieti).

literature

• Philip Baldi: The foundations of Latin . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-11-017208-9 , p. 126-128 .
• 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 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Marrukinese  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

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 .
2. ^ Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. University Press C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 .
3. ^ Helmut Rix : Sabellian texts . The texts of the Oscan, Umbrian and Southern Piken. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-0853-7 , p. 77 .