UMBRIAN LANGUAGE


Meaning of UMBRIAN LANGUAGE in English

Ancient Italic language spoken in central Italy in the last few centuries BC.

Umbrian was related closely to Oscan and Volscian and more distantly to Latin . It was displaced by Latin at an unknown date. Modern knowledge of the language is derived almost entirely from the Iguvine Tables ( 0441; 300–90 BC).

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.      Краткая энциклопедия Британика.