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Record 1 1995-02-28

English

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  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
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An Indo-European language spoken by tribes (Messapii and Iapyges) living in the southeastern part of Italy in pre-Roman and early Roman times. This ancient language of Messapia is sometimes classed as Illyriam. It was written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue indo-européenne parlée dans le sud-est de l'Italie (Messapie, contrée de la Grande-Grèce) pendant l'Antiquité. Le messapien devait être apparenté à l'illyrien parlé de l'autre côté de l'Adriatique. Cette langue était écrite en un alphabet dérivé du grec et datant du VIe au 1er siècle avant Jésus-Christ.

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