Oscan language

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
שפה אוסקנית
Name (Latin)
Oscan language
Name (Arabic)
اللغة الأوسكانية
Other forms of name
Samnite language
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Italic languages and dialects
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Italy
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q36653
Library of congress: sh2001007071
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2001054487: Buck, Carl Darling. A Vocabulary of Umbrian, 2001.
  • Oxford class. dict., 1996:p. 1080 (Oscan and Umbrian are the principal representatives of a group of closely related languages belonging to the Italic branch of Indo-European. Oscan was spoken over a large part of S. Italy down to the 1st cent., BC. The best evidence comes from Campania, where it was the language of the Samnites ...)
  • Encyc. langs. and linguistics, 1994:v. 4, p. 1792.