Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Osco-Umbrian

c. 1,000 BCE – 600 BCE Reconstructed

Proto-Osco-Umbrian (c. 1,000 BCE – 600 BCE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → Proto-Osco-Umbrian.

See Proto-Osco-Umbrian on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Sabellic (Osco-Umbrian) branch of Italic. Whether Latino-Faliscan and Sabellic form a genuine Italic clade or converged by contact is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1,500 BCE – 700 BCE
  3. Proto-Osco-Umbrianc. 1,000 BCE – 600 BCE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Italic.

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