Greek and Italic Languages (Other than Latin)
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Besides the well-known Greek influence on Latin there was also influence of Greek on other Italic languages. The term ‘Italic’ but also the makeup of this group of languages normally require some clarifications, while one must also take into account the common problems of ancient fragmentary corpora. The study focus is on issues of scripts, loans, and bilingualism. Oscan was often written in Greek script, yet it is not only the alphabet, but also spelling conventions that show significant Greek influence. Greek loanwords are more common in Oscan than in Umbrian or Faliscan, which has partly to do with corpus size and partly with a higher degree of bilingualism among speakers of Oscan.
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Greek and Italic Languages (Other than Latin)
in Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics OnlineSearch for other papers by Wolfgang de Melo in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,414 words)