Messapic (/mɛˈsæpɪk, mə-, -ˈseɪ-/; also known as Messapian; or as Iapygian) is an extinct Indo-European Paleo-Balkanic language of the southeastern Italian...
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historically compact language group. Whether descendants or sisters of what was called 'Illyrian' by classical sources, Albanian and Messapic, on the basis of...
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Iapygians (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
alphabet that replaced the older Messapic script. Since its settlement, Messapic was in contact with the Italic languages of the region. In the centuries...
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In antiquity, Dacian, Greek, Illyrian, Messapic, Paeonian, Phrygian and Thracian were the Paleo-Balkan languages which were attested in literature. They...
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Venus (mythology) (category Articles containing Messapic-language text)
('desire'), itself from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *wenh₁-os ('desire'; cf. Messapic Venas, Old Indic vánas 'desire'). Derivatives include venustus ('attractive...
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Albanoid (redirect from Albanoid language)
family, Albanian is grouped in the same IE branch with Messapic, an ancient extinct language of Balkan provenance that is preserved in about six hundred...
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Zeus (category Articles containing Messapic-language text)
god"). Albanian Zoj-z and Messapic Zis are clear equivalents and cognates of Zeus. In the Greek, Albanian, and Messapic forms the original cluster *di̯...
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Proposed Illyrian vocabulary (category CS1 Greek-language sources (el))
have been recorded by ancient authors. Messapic words and relevant etymologies are listed in Messapic language#Lexicon. This is a list of lemmas explicitly...
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Messapians (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
humanist Antonio de Ferrariis, referring to the ancient Messapic language, defines it as "the language used by the Sallentines before the coming of Idomeneus"...
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Nardò (category Articles containing Messapic-language text)
Nardò (Latin: Neritum or Neretum; Messapic: Nareton) is a town and comune in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce. Lies on a...
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