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Sabellic - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | SABELLIC, 1 the name originally given by Mommsen in his Unteritalische Dialekte to the pre-Roman dialects of Central Italy which was neither Oscan nor Umbrian. |
 | | The progress of study has, however, grouped them under more specific names, such as the "North Oscan" group (see Paeligni) and the "Latinian" group (see Latin Language), and the only content now left for the term Sabellic consists of a group of 8 or 9 inscriptions to which it certainly cannot be applied with truth. |
 | | They are probably, if not,certainly, the most ancient inscriptions in existence on Italian soil. |
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