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Lepontic

Lepontic is an extinct Celtic language that was once spoken in Northern Italy between 700 BC and 400 BC.

There are only a few inscriptions left that were written with Etruscan alphabet.

It was eventually assimilated by Latin, after the Roman Empire gain control over Northern Italy.

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