Old Latin

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Old Latin is the early form of the Latin language used in ancient Rome before the Classical period, preserved in archaic inscriptions and early literary texts.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Latin canonical 6
Early Latin 1
Old Latin period 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient language variety
form of Latin
historical language stage
alternativeName Archaic Latin
Early Latin
linked to: Old Latin
derivedFrom Etruscan alphabet
followedBy Classical Latin
hasFeature different case endings compared to Classical Latin
different verb forms compared to Classical Latin
more conservative Indo-European features
morphological differences from Classical Latin
orthographic variation
phonological differences from Classical Latin
use of -d in ablative singular endings
hasISOCode none
influenced Classical Latin
Vulgar Latin
languageBranch Italic
languageFamily Indo-European
notableInscription Duenos inscription
Forum inscription of the Scipios
Lapis Niger inscription
Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus
notableText early fragments of Ennius
early fragments of Livius Andronicus
early fragments of Naevius
early fragments of Plautus
partOf Latin language
linked to: Latin
precededBy Proto-Italic
preservedIn archaic inscriptions
early literary texts
funerary inscriptions
legal inscriptions
religious inscriptions
region Italian Peninsula
status extinct
studiedIn classical philology
epigraphy
historical linguistics
subclassOf Indo-European languages
Italic languages
timePeriod approximately 6th century BC to 1st century BC
usedBy Romans
usedFor legal texts
public inscriptions
religious formulae
usedIn Latium
ancient Rome
writingSystem Old Latin alphabet
early Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Sermo Vulgaris developedFrom Old Latin
Old Latin alternativeName Early Latin
linked to: Old Latin
Old Norman hasAncestor Old Latin
Plautus nativeLanguage Old Latin
Plautus timePeriod Old Latin period
linked to: Old Latin
Latini prisci languageSpoken Old Latin