Venetic language
Extinct Indo-European language of northeast Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venetic (/vəˈnɛtɪk/) is an extinct Indo-European language, usually classified into the Italic subgroup, that was spoken by the Veneti people in ancient times in northeast Italy (Veneto and Friuli) and part of modern Slovenia, between the Po Delta and the southern fringe of the Alps, associated with the Este culture.[3][1][4]
Venetic | |
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Native to | Italy |
Region | Veneto |
Ethnicity | Adriatic Veneti |
Era | attested 6th–1st century BCE[1] |
Old Italic (Venetic alphabet) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xve |
xve | |
Glottolog | vene1257 |
The language is attested by over 300 short inscriptions dating from the 6th to the 1st century BCE. Its speakers are identified with the ancient people called Veneti by the Romans and Enetoi by the Greeks. It became extinct around the 1st century when the local inhabitants assimilated into the Roman sphere. Inscriptions dedicating offerings to Reitia are one of the chief sources of knowledge of the Venetic language.[5]