North Picene
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- Language: North Picene
- SIL-code: -
- Language family: -
- Number of speakers: -
- Script: Old Italic
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Introduction
North Picene is an extinct language of eastern Italy that is known from a number of inscriptions dating from the 1st millennium BC, mostly from Picenum. It is written in a form of the Old Italic alphabet. While its texts are easily transliterated, not a single word has been translated so far; for this reason, it is generally assumed not to be an Indo-European language (in contrast to South Picene, which has been identified as an Italic language).
The Verb
Sample
mimniś erút caareśtadeś rotnem úvlin parten úś polem iśairon tet šút trat neśi krúš tenac trút ipiem rotneš lútúiś θalú iśperion vúl teś rotem teu aiten taśúr śoter merpon kalatne niś vilatoś paten arn úiś baleśtenac andś et šút lakút treten teletaú nem polem tiśú śotriś eúś
Verb:
- mimniś (Lat. men-) 'mind, remember'
References
- Baldi, Philip. The foundations of Latin.
New York. 2002.