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Faliscan

Faliscan: /feuh lis"keuhn/, n., pl. Faliscans, (esp. collectively) Faliscan for 1.

1. a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.

2. the Italic language spoken by this people, closely related to Latin.

adj.

3. of or pertaining to the Faliscans or their language.

[1590-1600; < L Falisc(us) of Falerii, major city of the Faliscans + -AN]

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Faliscan — may refer to:*Falisci, an ancient Italian people group *Faliscan language … Wikipedia
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Latino-Faliscan languages — Infobox Language family name=Latino Faliscan region=Italy and Europe familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European fam2=Italic child1=Latin (developed into Vulgar Latin then the Romance languages) child2=Faliscan (extinct)The Latino Faliscan… … Wikipedia
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Latin-Faliscan languages — language group proposed by some scholars to be included in the Italic branch of Indo European languages. The group includes Latin, which emanated from Rome, and Faliscan, spoken in the Falerii district in southeastern Etruria. Closely… … Universalium

Narce — Faliscan Commanders Crested Helmet 8th century BCE, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology … Wikipedia
Italic languages — Indo European languages spoken in the Apennine Peninsula (Italy) during the 1st millennium BC, after which only Latin survived. Traditionally thought to be a subfamily of related languages, these languages include Latin, Faliscan, Osco Umbrian,… … Universalium
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