Oscan

Oscan, the language of the Osci, is in the Sabellic branch of the Italic language family, which is a branch of Indo-European and includes Umbrian, Latin and Faliscan. \nIt was spoken in Samnium and in Campania, as well as in Lucania and Abruzzo. Oscan is known from inscriptions beginning in the 5th century BC. The most important Oscan inscriptions are the Tabula Bantina and the Cippus Abellanus. Oscan is written in the Latin, Greek, and native Oscan alphabets. Dialects of Oscan include Samnite, Marrucine, Paelignan, Vestinian, Sabine, Volscian and Marsian. The term 'Oscan' also tentatively describes the language and culture of the Osci, an ancient people of central and southern Italy. the Oscan alphabet:
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Example of an Oscan text (the Cippus Abellanus:

ekkum[svaí píd herieset
\ntrííbarak[avúm tereí púd
\nliímítú[m] pernúm [púís
\nherekleís fíísnú mefi[ú
\níst, ehtrad feíhúss pú[s
\nherekleís fíísnam amfr
\net, pert víam pússtíst
\npaí íp íst, pústin slagím
\nsenateís suveís tangi
\nnúd tríbarakavúm lí
\nkítud. íním íúk tríba
\nrakkiuf pam núvlanús
\ntríbarakattuset íúk trí
\nbarakkiuf íním úíttiuf
\nabellanúm estud. avt
\npúst feíhúís pús físnam am
\nfret, eíseí tereí nep abel
\nlanús nep núvlanús pídum
\ntríbarakattíns. avt the
\nsavrúm púd eseí tereí íst,
\npún patensíns, múíníkad ta[n
\nginúd patensíns, íním píd e[íseí
\nthesavreí púkkapíd ee[stit
\na]íttíúm alttram alttr[ús
\nh]erríns. avt anter slagím
\na]bellanam íním núvlanam
\ns]úllad víú uruvú íst . edú
\ne]ísaí víaí mefiaí teremen
\nn]iú staíet.
\nExternal link to Oscan vocabulary- http://www.wordgumbo.com/ie/cmp/osca.htm \n Category:Italic languages