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Oscan language

Oscan is an extinct Indo-European language of southern Italy. The language is in the Osco-Umbrian or Sabellic branch of the Italic languages. Oscan is therefore a close relative of Umbrian and South Picene.

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Dialects
Hernican · Marrucinian · Oscan proper · Paelignian · Vestinian?
Early forms
Proto-Italic
Extinct
after 79 AD
Glottolog
osca1245
ISO 639-3
osc
Language family
ItalicOsco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan · Osco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan · Oscan

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Oscan language

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples19
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Oscan language

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Dialects · 5
Oscan language → Hernican, Marrucinian, Oscan proper, Paelignian, Vestinian?
Language family · 3
Oscan language → ItalicOsco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan, Oscan, Osco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan
Early forms · 1
Oscan language → Proto-Italic
Extinct · 1
Oscan language → after 79 AD
Glottolog · 1
Oscan language → osca1245
ISO 639-3 · 1
Oscan language → osc
Native to · 1
Oscan language → Samnium, Campania, Lucania, Calabria and Abruzzo
Region · 1
Oscan language → south and south-central Italy
Writing system · 1
Oscan language → Old Italic alphabet, Greek alphabet, later the Latin alphabet

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oscan latin italy alphabet written language greek shall inscriptions bc et italic forms languages century following long di nouns roman

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Oscan languageDialectsHernican1.00infobox
Oscan languageDialectsMarrucinian1.00infobox
Oscan languageDialectsOscan proper1.00infobox
Oscan languageDialectsPaelignian1.00infobox
Oscan languageDialectsVestinian?1.00infobox
Oscan languageEarly formsProto-Italic1.00infobox
Oscan languageExtinctafter 79 AD1.00infobox
Oscan languageGlottologosca12451.00infobox
Oscan languageISO 639-3osc1.00infobox
Oscan languageLanguage familyItalicOsco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan1.00infobox
Oscan languageLanguage familyOsco-Umbrian (Sabellic)Oscan1.00infobox
Oscan languageLanguage familyOscan1.00infobox
Oscan languageNative toSamnium, Campania, Lucania, Calabria and Abruzzo1.00infobox
Oscan languageRegionsouth and south-central Italy1.00infobox
Oscan languageWriting systemOld Italic alphabet, Greek alphabet, later the Latin alphabet1.00infobox

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