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Venetic is in brown. Venetic ( / vəˈnɛtɪk /) is an extinct Indo-European language, usually classified into the Italic subgroup, that was spoken by the Veneti people in ancient times in northeast Italy ( Veneto and Friuli) and part of modern Slovenia, between the Po Delta and the southern fringe of the Alps, associated with the Este culture.
A tradition developed already in ancient times to try to explain why the Eneti/Veneti name was found at the north end of the Adriatic Sea. The Eneti or in Latin Veneti, who had been allies to the Trojans, the story goes, landed on the northern Adriatic coast, and settled there, displacing the natives , the Euganei .
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Jan 10, 2024 · The article explores the Adriatic Veneti, an ancient group in northeastern Italy during the 1st millennium BC. They left inscriptions showing links to Latin and other Indo-European languages. It delves into their deity Trimusicates, speculating on connections to the Greek Muses. Linguistic analyses hint at ties to Latin and Slavic, suggesting a Balkan origin. The Veneti might have migrated ...
OF VENETIC PRONUNCIATION AND GRAMMAR Two papers from chapters in “THEVENETIC LANGUAGE An Ancient Language from a New Perspective: FINAL”(rev 6/2015) Andres P ä ä b o (Ontario, Canada) www.paabo.ca The following paper covers two subjects how Venetic was written and how it was pronounced, and Venetic grammar and comparison with Estonian and ...
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Venetic language, a language spoken in northeastern Italy before the Christian era. Known to modern scholars from some 200 short inscriptions dating from the 5th through the 1st century bc, it is written either in Latin characters or in a native alphabet derived from Etruscan, the Etruscans having established settlements in the Po Valley in the ...
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The language represented by inscriptions from the territory of the Veneti —between the Po River, the Carnic Alps, and Istria —is called Venetic. The majority of discoveries come from sanctuaries at Este and Làgole di Calalzo. The Venetic inscriptions (of which there are about 300, ranging from the 5th to the 1st century bce) consist almost ...
Distribution of Romance languages in Europe. Venetian is number 15. Venetian, [7] [8] wider Venetian or Venetan [9] [10] ( łengua vèneta [ˈeŋɡwa ˈvɛneta] or vèneto [ˈvɛneto]) is a Romance language spoken natively in the northeast of Italy, [11] mostly in Veneto, where most of the five million inhabitants can understand it.
