Indo-European family

Faliscan

c. 700 BCE – 150 BCE Extinct

Faliscan (c. 700 BCE – 150 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → Proto-Latino-Faliscan → Faliscan.

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ISO 639-3
xfa
Glottocode
fali1291

Spoken around Falerii Veteres north of Rome; closely related to Latin and absorbed by it after the Roman conquest (241 BCE).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Latino-Faliscanc. 1,000 BCE – 700 BCE
  4. Faliscanc. 700 BCE – 150 BCE

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Latino-Faliscan.

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