Umbrian
Extinct languageLanguage Information
Umbrian was spoken in ancient central Italy, in the region of Umbria. It is extinct.
Umbrian was an Italic language related to Oscan and Latin. It is known mainly from the Iguvine Tablets, seven bronze tablets found in 1444 at Gubbio, which record religious rituals of the 3rd to 1st centuries B.C. It was replaced by Latin.
Umbrian was an Italic language related to Oscan and Latin. It is known mainly from the Iguvine Tablets, seven bronze tablets found in 1444 at Gubbio, which record religious rituals of the 3rd to 1st centuries B.C. It was replaced by Latin.
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Italic
- Branch
- Osco-Umbrian