Indo-European family
Oscan
c. 500 BCE – 100 CE Extinct
Oscan (c. 500 BCE – 100 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → Proto-Osco-Umbrian → Oscan.
See Oscan on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- osc
- Glottocode
- osca1245
Spoken in Samnium and Campania; attested in inscriptions (e.g. Tabula Bantina, Cippus Abellanus). Last traces are graffiti at Pompeii (79 CE).
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
- Proto-Osco-Umbrianc. 1,000 BCE – 600 BCE
- Oscanc. 500 BCE – 100 CE
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Osco-Umbrian.