Excerpt from The Italic Dialects, Vol. 1: Edited With a Grammar and Glossary We have direct knowledge of the Italic Dialects, that is of the Dialects which with Latin form the Italic branch of the indo-european languages - 41) from Inscriptions, (2) from Coins, (3) from scattered records in histories, grammars and glossaries; to this must be added (4) the indirect evidence of the names of ancient Places and (5) ancient Persons in the several Dialect-areas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A two-volume collection, published in 1897 with a grammar and glossary, of the remains of Oscan, Umbrian and other Italic dialects.