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Italic languages — Indo European languages spoken in the Apennine Peninsula (Italy) during the 1st millennium BC, after which only Latin survived. Traditionally thought to be a subfamily of related languages, these languages include Latin, Faliscan, Osco Umbrian,… … Universalium
Italic — 1. adjective a) Of or relating to the Italian peninsula. The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include , , and . b) Pertaining to a subfamily of the branch of the Indo European language family, that includes Latin and other languages… … Wiktionary
Italic — [i tal′ik, ītal′ik] n. [L Italicus] a branch of the Indo European language family, including Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and other languages of ancient Italy, as well as Latin s descendants, the Romance languages adj. 1. of these languages 2. of… … English World dictionary
Italic languages — Infobox Language family name = Italic region = Originally in Southern Europe; today worldwide familycolor = Indo European fam1 = Indo European child1 = Latino Faliscan child2 = Sabellic iso2= The Italic subfamily is a member of the Indo European… … Wikipedia
Etruscan language — Language spoken by the ancient people of Etruria in what is now Italy. Its proposed relations with the Indo European family have not been generally accepted, and Etruscan remains a linguistic isolate (i.e., unrelated to any other language). Known … Universalium
language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… … Universalium
South Picene language — ▪ language an ancient Italic language (formerly referred to as Old Sabellic [Old Sabellian], or Central Adriatic) known from some two dozen short inscriptions (5th and 6th centuries BC) found in east central Italy, primarily in the region… … Universalium
language — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of communication Nouns 1. language, tongue, lingo, vernacular, mother tongue, protolanguage; living or dead language; idiom, parlance, phraseology; wording; dialect, patois, cant, jargon, lingo,… … English dictionary for students
italic — I. adjective Date: 1598 1. a. of or relating to a type style with characters that slant upward to the right (as in “these words are italic”) compare roman b. of or relating to a style of slanted cursive handwriting developed in the 15th and 16th… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Language family — See also: List of language families A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto language of that family. The term family comes from the tree model of language origination in… … Wikipedia
