Oscan language

E6805

The Oscan language was an extinct Italic language once spoken by the Samnites and other peoples of southern Italy, closely related to Latin and Umbrian.

AI illustration

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AI-generated illustration of Oscan language

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Oscan language (The Oscan language was an extinct Italic language once spoken by the Samnites and other peoples of southern Italy, closely related to Latin and Umbrian.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oscan 28
Oscan language canonical 24
North Oscan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
attestedFrom 5th century BCE ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Latin language ⓘ
linked to: Latin

Umbrian language ⓘ
derivedFrom Old Italic script ⓘ
family Italic branch of the Indo-European language family ⓘ
genders feminine ⓘ
masculine ⓘ
neuter ⓘ
hasCaseSystem yes ⓘ
hasGenderSystem yes ⓘ
hasGrammaticalNumber plural ⓘ
singular ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature distinction between long and short vowels ⓘ
retention of Indo-European aspirates as fricatives in some positions ⓘ
ISO639-3 osc ⓘ
linguisticType fusional language ⓘ
inflected language ⓘ
majorInscriptionSite Bantia ⓘ
Capua ⓘ
Pompeii ⓘ
notableInscription Cippus Abellanus ⓘ
Tabula Bantina ⓘ
numberOfCases at least six cases ⓘ
partOf ancient Italic languages ⓘ
region Bruttium ⓘ
Campania ⓘ
Lucania ⓘ
Samnium ⓘ
replacedBy Latin language ⓘ
linked to: Latin
scriptDirection right-to-left in Oscan alphabet ⓘ
spokenBy Aurunci ⓘ
Bruttians ⓘ
Campanians ⓘ
linked to: Aurunci

Lucanians ⓘ
linked to: Aurunci

Sabines ⓘ
Samnites ⓘ
Sidicini ⓘ
spokenIn southern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Southern Italy
studiedInDiscipline Indo-European studies ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subfamily Sabellic languages ⓘ
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
wentExtinct 1st century CE ⓘ
wordOrder flexible word order ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
Oscan alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (53)

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

Old Italic script → usedForLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Venetic language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Oscan alphabet → writingSystemOf → Oscan language ⓘ
South Picene → relatedTo → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Italic peoples → spoke → Oscan language ⓘ
Osco-Umbrian languages → hasPart → Oscan language ⓘ
Proto-Italic → ancestorOf → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Sabellic languages → hasPart → Oscan language ⓘ
Sidicini → languageFamily → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Pompeii → hasEarlierLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Tabula Bantina → writtenInLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Cippus Abellanus → writtenInLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Capua → languageInHistory → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Aurunci → languageFamily → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Lucania → languageSpoken → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
ancient Italy → languageSpoken → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
South Picene language → relatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Abellano boundary stone → evidenceFor → Oscan language ⓘ
Hernican language → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Paelignian language → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Lucani → spokeLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Sabellian → hasPart → North Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Sabine language → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Umbrians → relatedLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Paeligni → ethnonymLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Faliscan → moreDistantlyRelatedTo → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Osci → language → Oscan language ⓘ
Osci → spoke → Oscan language ⓘ
Osci → knownFor → Oscan language ⓘ
Allifae → languageUsed → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Pentri → languageFamily → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Pentri → spokeLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Caraceni → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Aesernia → languageInUse → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Oscan culture → mainLanguage → Oscan language ⓘ
Campanians → language → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Sudpiceno → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Iguvine Tablets → relatedTo → Oscan language ⓘ
Paelignian → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Sabellic → hasSubgroup → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Larinum → hasLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Histonium → hasLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Peligni → spoke → Oscan language ⓘ
Marsic people → language → Oscan language ⓘ
Volscian → closelyRelatedTo → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Italic world → includesLanguage → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Caudium → language → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language
Lucania and Bruttium → languageUsed → Oscan ⓘ
linked to: Oscan language