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2 unusual facts about Oscan language


Oscan language

:Not to be confused with Old Scandinavian, sometimes abbreviated 'OScan'.

Pre-Samnite language

The name Pre-Samnite refers to the fact that the language was spoken in early times in an area that was later colonised by Samnites, who spoke Oscan.



see also

Avella

It dates (according to Mommsen) from a period shortly after the Second Punic War, and is not only curious on account of details concerning the municipal magistrates, but is one of the most important auxiliaries we possess for a study of the Oscan language.