Messapus

Kimesapi

Indo-European · aina ya kihistoria / iliyofichwa

FamiliaIndo-European WasemajiExtinct (~1st c. BCE; ~600 documented inscriptions) HatiGreek-derived Messapic alphabet NchiHistorical: Southern Italy Lugha rasmiNo (extinct; modern Italian/Salentino in original territory) Uhai wa lughaextinct ISO 639-3cms

Messapic (Messapus, "Messapian") was the language of the Iapyges/Iapygians of southeastern Italy (the heel of the boot — Apulia, Calabria) from c. 6th century BCE until its extinction by ~1st century BCE through Roman Latinization. Genealogical classification is debated: some scholars classify Messapic as Italic alongside Latin, Oscan, Umbrian; others classify it as Illyrian (sister to languages of the eastern Adriatic coast, including Albanian); a minority view sees it as a separate Indo-European branch. About 600 inscriptions survive, mostly funerary and votive, allowing partial reconstruction of phonology and noun morphology but limited verb morphology and almost no syntax. Distinctive features include initial *p preserved as p (vs. Italic *p > p Italic but contrasting with Albanian ph), and a unique vocative case ending -e similar to Indo-Iranian.

Inakozungumzwa

Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Kimesapi

Maji

/—/

Moto

/—/

Jua

/—/

Mwezi

/—/

Mama

/—/

Baba

ana

/ˈana/

Kula

/—/

Kunywa

/—/

Upendo

/—/

Moyo

/—/

Mti

/—/

Nyumba

/—/

Mbwa

/—/

Paka

/—/

Mkono

/—/

Jicho

/—/

Habari

/—/

Asante

/—/

Moja

/—/

Nzuri

/—/

Vyanzo

Ulinganishaji wa maneno

Imelinganishwa na lugha za Indo-European zinazohusiana

Maana KimesapiLugha ya Ishara ya NikaraguaKitartessianKiliburniaProto-Kijaponi-KikoreaKigoguryeoKidamin
Maji /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /*mai/ /—/
Moto /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ l!ii /lǃiː/
Jua /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/
Mwezi /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/
Mama /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ *əma /əma/ /—/ /—/
Baba ana /ˈana/ /—/ /—/ /—/ *əpa /əpa/ /—/ /—/
Kula /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/
Kunywa /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/ /—/
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