Picene language

E353739

The Picene language is an extinct Italic language once spoken by the ancient Piceni people in east-central Italy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Picene language canonical 4
Messapic language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language
extinct language
language
associatedPeople Piceni
attestedIn funerary inscriptions
inscriptions
extinct true
hasAlternativeName South Picene
South Picenian
hasChronology c. 6th–3rd centuries BCE
hasNumberOfKnownInscriptions few dozen (approximate)
hasScriptDirection right-to-left
hasUncertainClassification true
ISOStatus extinct
languageFamily Italic
locatedInPresentDay Abruzzo
Marche
linked to: Marche region
partOf ancient Italic languages
region Picenum
spokenBy Piceni people
linked to: South Picene people
spokenIn Italy
east-central Italy
studiedInDiscipline epigraphy
historical linguistics
subgroupOf Indo-European languages
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
writingSystem Old Italic script
Picene alphabet
writingSystemType alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Picenum languageSpoken Picene language
Picentes spokeLanguage Picene language
Messapians language Messapic language
linked to: Picene language
Picene culture language Picene language
Picenes spokeLanguage Picene language