Umbrian

Dictionary: Um·bri·an (ŭm'brē-ən) pronunciation

adj.
Of or relating to Umbria.

n.

The Italic language of ancient Umbria.
A native or inhabitant of Umbria.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Umbrian

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Any member of an ancient pre-Etruscan people pushed into central Italy (Umbria) by the Etruscans and Gauls. They never fought an important war with the Romans. In the Social War they were among the first to make peace with Rome. They are described by ancient authors as being similar to their Etruscan enemies in culture. The Umbrian alphabet is undoubtedly of Etruscan origin. Their dialect was Indo-European.

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Umbrian (ŭm'brēən), extinct language belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Italic languages.

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Meaning #1: an extinct Italic language of ancient southern Italy

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Umbrian
Spoken in	Umbria
Region	central 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`
Approximate distribution of languages in Iron Age Italy during the sixth century BC.
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

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

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 or Eugubian tablets, consists of seven bronze plates with notes on the ceremonies and statutes for priests.

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.

References

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

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