Langenesis

Indo-European family

South Picene

c. 600 BCE – 300 BCE Extinct

South Picene (c. 600 BCE – 300 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → Proto-Osco-Umbrian → South Picene.

See South Picene on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Known from about two dozen inscriptions on the Adriatic coast. Usually classed as Sabellic, though its exact position is uncertain.

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
  4. South Picenec. 600 BCE – 300 BCE

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Osco-Umbrian.

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