The Italic languages form a branch of the Indo-European language family, whose earliest known members were spoken on the Italian Peninsula in the first millennium BC. The most important of the ancient Italic languages was Latin, the official language of ancient Rome, which conquered the other Italic peoples before the common era. [1]

Italic languages, certain Indo-European languages that were once spoken in the Apennine Peninsula (modern Italy) and in the eastern part of the Po valley. These include the Latin, Faliscan, Osco-Umbrian, South Picene, and Venetic languages, which have in common a considerable number of features

Italic languages, Indo-European languages spoken in the Apennine Peninsula (Italy) during the 1st millennium bc, after which only Latin survived. Traditionally thought to be a subfamily of related languages, these languages include Latin, Faliscan, Osco-Umbrian, South Picene, and …

2022年11月17日 · The Italic languages are a subfamily of the Indo-European language family, originally spoken by Italic peoples. They include Latin and its descendants (the Romance languages) as well as a number of extinct languages of the Italian Peninsula, including Umbrian, Oscan, Faliscan, South Picene, and possibly Venetic and Sicel.

2021年6月10日 · Using evidence from Latin and its ancient Italic relatives, linguists group Italic into two sub-branches: Latino-Faliscan, comprising Latin and Faliscan, and Osco-Umbrian (also known as Sabellic), including Oscan, Umbrian, South Picene, and …

The Italic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family. They were first spoken in Italy. The main language was Latin, which eventually turned into the Romance languages spoken today. The Roman Empire spread Latin to much of Western Europe. Today, the main Italic languages spoken are Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, and ...

2012年6月26日 · The Italic languages are a group of cognate languages spoken throughout middle and southern Italy before the predominance of Rome. With the exception of Latin, they are known mainly from epigraphic sources ranging from the late 7th to the early 1st century BCE .

Beyond vocabulary, the Italic languages share features of expression that are prominent in formal modes of discourse, such as prayers, oaths and curses, and legal formulations.

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The Italic languages constitute a group of Indo-European languages with a series of common features. It includes Latin together with its descendants, the Romance languages, and a certain number of extinct languages, spoken during Antiquity in the Italian peninsula, such as Oscan, Umbrian or Faliscan, among others.