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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oscan language canonical 21
Oscan 19
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 (41)

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