Vestinian language
| Vestinian | ||
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| Period | until 1st century BC Chr. | |
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Formerly spoken in |
Italy | |
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| ISO 639-3 |
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The Vestinian language was spoken in ancient Italy by the Vestinians who settled in Abruzzo . It belongs to the North Oscar group of Italian languages and is closely related to the Marrukinian language .
Lore
As for the Marrukinian language, only six texts have survived. All of these traditional texts are written in the Latin alphabet .
The following six texts are known so far: two dedicatory inscriptions (one from Navelli and one from Peltuinum ), three building inscriptions (two from San Benedetto in Perillis and one from Pescosansonesco ) and a grave inscription from Torre de 'Passeri .
literature
- Philip Baldi: The foundations of Latin . Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-11-017208-9 , p. 140 .
- 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. 7 .
- ^ 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 .