Praenestinian language - Misplaced Pages

Italic language

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Latino-Faliscan languages. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024.

‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›

Praenestinian
Praenestine Latin
Native to	ancient Italy
Region	Praeneste
Era	c. 500 BCE
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Praenestinian
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Italic Proto-Latino-Faliscan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	`qct`
Glottolog	None

Praenestinian was an archaic dialect of Latino-Faliscan. It was spoken in eastern Old Latium in modern day Lazio, Italy.

References

Pei, Mario; Gaynor, Frank (1954). Dictionary of Linguistics. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 173. ISBN 9781442234055.

v t e Italic languages
Latino-Faliscan	Faliscan Lanuvian Latin Romance languages Praenestinian Siculian? (possibly not Italic)
Osco-Umbrian	Oscan group Hernican Lucanian Marrucinian Oscan Paelignian Samnite Sidicini Vestinian? Pre-Samnite Sabine South Picene Umbrian group Aequian? Marsian Umbrian Volscian
Unknown	Ancient Belgian? Lusitanian? (possibly Celtic) Venetic? (possibly Celtic, transitional or independent) Elymian?
Reconstructed	Proto-Italic language
All Italic languages except Latin (and its descendants, the Romance languages) are now extinct; Latin is still used as a liturgical language of the Catholic Church.

This Indo-European languages-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.