Messapic (/mɛˈsæpɪk, mə-, -ˈseɪ-/; also known as Messapian; or as Iapygian) is an extinct Indo-European Paleo-Balkanic language of the southeastern Italian...

close relationship with Messapic, once spoken in southern Italy, has been suggested but remains unproven. Among modern languages, Albanian is often conjectured...

historically compact language group. Whether descendants or sisters of what was called 'Illyrian' by classical sources, Albanian and Messapic, on the basis of...

of which are still visible today. The head of the deer derives from the Messapic name of the city Brention, a name inspired by the shape of the port city...

The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe,...

have been recorded by ancient authors. Messapic words and relevant etymologies are listed in Messapic language#Lexicon. This is a list of lemmas explicitly...

Illyrian language belongs to the Northwestern group, that the Albanian language is descended from Illyrian, and that Albanian is related to Messapic which...

Peuceti and Messapi (collectively known as Iapyges, and speaking the Messapic language). The term "Illyrians" last appears in the historical record in the...

The Indo-Aryan languages, or sometimes Indic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of 2024, there...

god"). Albanian Zoj-z and Messapic Zis are clear equivalents and cognates of Zeus. In the Greek, Albanian, and Messapic forms the original cluster *di̯...

antiquity, Dacian, Greek, Illyrian, Messapic, Paeonian, Macedonian, Phrygian and Thracian were the Paleo-Balkan languages which were attested in literature...

transcription delimiters. The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are directly descended from Vulgar...

The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They...

inscriptions from the south-eastern Italian region of Apulia written in the Messapic language, which is generally considered to be related to Illyrian, although...

of the Latin language. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Giacomelli, Roberto. 1979. "Written and spoken language in latin-faliscan and greek-messapic." Journal of...

and Greek; 1000–500 BCE for Iranian, Celtic, Italic, Phrygian, Illyrian, Messapic, South Picene, and Venetic; 500–1 BCE for Thracian and Ancient Macedonian;...

The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken...

Celtic languages (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. The term...

standpoint", Messapic is the closest at least partially attested language to Albanian. Hyllested & Joseph (2022) label this Albanian-Messapic branch as Illyric...

tribal groups: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians. They spoke Messapic, a language of Paleo-Balkan provenance. After their lands were gradually colonized...

family, Albanian is grouped in the same IE branch with Messapic, an ancient extinct language of Balkan provenance that is preserved in about six hundred...

an Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family. It is the native language of the Armenian people...

humanist Antonio de Ferrariis, referring to the ancient Messapic language, defines it as "the language used by the Sallentines before the coming of Idomeneus"...

Celtic Language Routledge, p. 44 Whatmough, J. (1933). The Prae-Italic Dialects of Italy, vol. 2, "The Raetic, Lepontic, Gallic, East-Italic, Messapic and...

Nardò (Latin: Neritum or Neretum; Messapic: Nareton) is a town and comune in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce. Lies on a...

southern Apulia respectively. Although all three tribes spoke the Messapic language, but had developed separate archaeological cultures by the seventh...

Iberian language remains an unclassified non-Indo European language. A 1978 study claimed many similarities between Iberian and the Messapic language. Iberian...

Daunians, Peuceti, and Messapians. Messapic language, according to some researchers, its same like Albanian language. "bila" means daughter. In region...

one of the descendant of the Illyrian languages (Messapic language) is based on geography where the languages were spoken however not enough archaeological...

('desire'), itself from Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *wenh₁-os ('desire'; cf. Messapic Venas, Old Indic vánas 'desire'). Derivatives include venustus ('attractive...