Oscan
Oscan, the language of the Osci, is in the Sabellic branch of the Italic language family, which is a branch of Proto-Indo-European and includes Umbrian, Latin and Faliscan. It was spoken in Samnium and in Campania, as well as in Lucania and Abruzzo. Oscan is known from inscriptions beginning in the 5th century BC. The most important Oscan inscriptions are the Tabula Bantina and the Cippus Abellanus. Oscan is written in the Latin, Greek, and native Oscan alphabets. Dialects of Oscan include Samnite, Marrucine, Paelignan, Vestinian, Sabine, Volscian and Marsian.The term 'Oscan' also tentatively describes the language and culture of the Osci, an ancient people of central and southern Italy.
the Oscan alphabet:
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