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alphabet — /al feuh bet , bit/, n. 1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic… … Universalium
Messapic — /meuh say pik, sap ik/, n. an Indo European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek. Also, Messapian /meuh say pee euhn/. [1765 75; < L Mesap(ius) pertaining to Messapia the… … Universalium
messapic — I. adjective see messapian I II. noun see messapian II * * * /meuh say pik, sap ik/, n. an Indo European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek. Also, Messapian /meuh say pee euhn/ … Useful english dictionary
Old Italic alphabet — Infobox Writing system name=Old Italic type=Alphabet languages=Italic languages, Etruscan, Raetic time=8th to 1st centuries BC fam1=Phoenician alphabet fam2=Greek alphabet (Cumae variant) children=Latin alphabet, Runic alphabet sisters=Anatolian… … Wikipedia
Genealogy of scripts derived from Proto-Sinaitic — Nearly all the segmental scripts (loosely alphabets , but see below for more precise terminology) used around the globe appear to have derived from the Proto Sinaitic alphabet. These include the Latin alphabet mdash; forms of which are used today … Wikipedia
Messapian language — Messapian, Messapic Spoken in Puglia region of Italy Extinct around 1st century BC Language family Indo European Messapian, Messapic … Wikipedia
ancient Italic people — ▪ people Introduction any of the peoples diverse in origin, language, traditions, stage of development, and territorial extension who inhabited pre Roman Italy, a region heavily influenced by neighbouring Greece (ancient Greek civilization) … Universalium
Messapii — Messapians redirects here. For other uses, see Messapian (disambiguation). Ancient Italic tribes within the Italian peninsula. Ligures … Wikipedia
Old Italic script — Old Italic The Marsiliana tablet abecedarium, ca. 700 BC: ABGDEVZHΘIKLMNΞOPŚQRSTUXΦΨ, read right to left Type Alphabet Languages Italic … Wikipedia
Lépontique — Période VIIe au IIe siècles av. J.‑C. Région Gaule cisalpine Typologie supposée SVO Classification par famille … Wikipédia en Français
