Indo-European family

Umbrian

c. 700 BCE – 50 BCE Extinct

Umbrian (c. 700 BCE – 50 BCE) is an extinct Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Italic → Proto-Osco-Umbrian → Umbrian.

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ISO 639-3
xum
Glottocode
umbr1253

Best known from the Iguvine Tablets (3rd–1st c. BCE). Replaced by Latin after the Social War.

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. Umbrianc. 700 BCE – 50 BCE

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Osco-Umbrian.

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