Writing Systems

OscaninOld Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)

osc·ItalAlphabetMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3oscStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used2
Also written in:
Latin (Latn)
Script
ISO 15924ItalFamilyOld Italic / EtruscanOriginMediterraneanDirectionLeft-to-rightStatusHistorical scriptOpenType tagital

Old Italic scripts (Etruscan, Oscan, Umbrian, Venetic, etc.), ancestors of the Latin alphabet. Descended from the Greek alphabet via early Greek colonies in Italy.

Other languages using Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.)

EtruscanettPaelignianpgnMarrucinianumcHernicanxhrUmbrianxumVeneticxve
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