Tartessian language

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Tartessian
Period 7th century to. 5th century BC Chr.

Formerly spoken in

southwestern Iberian Peninsula
Language codes
ISO 639-3

txr

Ancient languages ​​of the Iberian Peninsula (Tartessian language area black here)

The Tartessian language (also South Lusitan ) is an extinct language and part of the pre-Indo-European substratum . It was spoken in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula around the ancient city of Tartessos .

The language is evidenced by several stone inscriptions. They were dated to the period between the 7th and 5th centuries BC. And are written in their own Tartessian script , similar to the Iberian alphabet . This writing has not yet been convincingly deciphered, which is why a classification of the language is difficult.

Individual references and sources

  1. ↑ 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. 304 f .

literature

  • Jürgen Untermann (Ed.): Monumenta Linguarum Hispanicarum. Part IV: The Tartessian, Celtiberian and Lusitanian inscriptions. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1997.