Faliscan > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Faliscan
Type:
Language
Code:
xfa
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
LINGUIST List
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Latino-Faliscan; Latin-Faliscan; Latinian (lafa)
Brief Description:
An ancient language of Central Italy, just north of Rome. It was very closely related to Latin. The chief Faliscan city was Falerii Veteres (modern Cività Castellana) about 40 km north of the city. Faliscan can be broken down chronologically into the following periods: Archaic Faliscan c. 650-500 BC; Medio-Faliscan 500 BC - 241 BC, which ended when Rome destroyed the city and resettled the Faliscans at Falerii Novi; and Neo-Faliscan 241 BC - 100 BC. 650 - 100 BC.
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct
Map of Faliscan
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