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Venetic LanguageVenetic is an extinct Indo-European language attested by over 200 short inscriptions found in the Veneto region of Italy, between the Po River delta and the southern fringe of the Alps. The city of Venice may have been founded by Venetic-speaking people, who were called Veneti by the Romans and Enetoi by the Greeks. The language became extinct around the 1st century BC when the local inhabitants were assimilated into the Roman sphere. Venetic should not be confused with Venetian, a Romance language presently spoken in that region. Linguistic classification Venetic is a centum language. The inscriptions use a variety of the Northern Italic alphabet one, similar to the Old Italic alphabet. The exact relationship of Venetic to other Indo-European languages is still being investigated, but the majority of scholars agree that Venetic was closest to the Italic languages (a group that includes Latin and Umbrian) and also close to the Illyrian languages. Features Venetic had about six or even seven noun cases. A sample inscription in Venetic, found on a bronze nail at Este: - Venetic: mego donasto sainatei reitiai porai egeotora aimoi ke louderobos
- Latin (literal): me donavit sanatrici Reitiae bonae Egetora pro-Aemo que liberis
- English: Egetora gave me to Good Reitia the Healer on behalf of Aemus and the children
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