Umbrian - The Encyclopedia

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Umbrian
Spoken in:	Umbria, Italy

Language extinction:	Latest inscriptions 1st century BC
Language family:	Indo-European Italic Osco-Umbrian Umbrian
Writing system:	Old Italic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`ine`
ISO 639-3:	`xum`
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

This article is about the ancient language. For the modern Italian dialect, see Umbrian dialects.

Approximate distribution of languages in Iron Age Italy during the sixth century BC.

Umbrian is an extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria. It is closely related to Oscan.

Umbrian is known from about 30 inscriptions dated from the 7th through 1st centuries BC. The largest by far, the Iguvine Tables, consists of seven bronze plates with notes on the ceremonies and statutes for priests.

[edit] Alphabet

The Umbrian alphabet, like other Old Italic alphabets, was derived from the Etruscan alphabet, and was written right-to-left. Umbrian was also written in the Latin alphabet.

[edit] References

Buck, Carl Darling [1904] (2007). A Grammar Of Oscan And Umbrian: With A Collection Of Inscriptions And A Glossary. Kessinger. ISBN 978-1432691325.

[edit] External links

Umbrian Vocabulary

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