Umbrian language

: This article is about the ancient language. See Umbrian language (Romance) for the modern Italian dialect.

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Umbrian, an Indo-European language of the Italic family, is a dead language formerly spoken in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.

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Indo-European - Italic family - Language - Italian - Umbria

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It is known primarily from the Tabulae Iguvinae (Iguvium = modern Gubbio), seven bronze plates which contain some notes on the ceremonies and statutes for priests. These are written in the Old Italic alphabet.

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Tabulae Iguvinae - Gubbio - Bronze - Statute - Priest - Old Italic alphabet

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Currently, the term is used to indicate a regional dialect of the Italian language; it is not very distinctive as compared say to Sicilian or Milanese.

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Dialect - Italian language

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