Pre-Samnite language
Pre-Samnite was an ancient language spoken in southern Campania, in Italy. The name Pre-Samnite refers to the fact that the language was spoken in early times in an area that was later colonised by Samnites, who spoke Oscan.[1] Pre-Samnite is recorded in a few short inscriptions[1] dating from around 500 BC.[2] The language belongs to the Sabellian group of languages, and may be closely related to Oscan, but shows a number of archaic features which were lost from Oscan.[3] However, the material is too scanty to enable a precise determination of the relation of Pre-Samnite either to Oscan or to the other Sabellian languages.
| Pre-Samnite | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Era | 6th–5th centuries BCE |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
References
- Sabellian Languages, R. E. Wallace, in The Ancient Languages of Europe, Ed. R. D. Woodward.
- Formations of the perfect in the Sabellian languages with the Italic and Indo-European background. D. Piwowarczyk.
- Sabellian Demonstratives: Forms and Functions, Emmanuel Dupraz.
Further reading
- Xavier-Adiego, Ignacio. “Some remarks on the new Opic ("Pre-Samnite") inscription of Niumsis Tanunis”. In: Incontri linguistici 38, 2015, 125–138.
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