{"title":"Ongunkan Camunic Script","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eCamunic language\u003c\/strong\u003e is an extinct language that was spoken in the 1st millennium BC in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valcamonica\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eValcamonica\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valtellina\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eValtellina\u003c\/a\u003e in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Italy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNorthern Italy\u003c\/a\u003e, both in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Alps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCentral Alps\u003c\/a\u003e. The language is sparsely attested to an extent that makes any classification attempt uncertain - even the discussion of whether it should be considered a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pre-Indo-European_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epre–Indo-European\u003c\/a\u003e or an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-European_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndo-European language\u003c\/a\u003e has remained indecisive. Among several suggestions, it has been hypothesized that Camunic is related to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raetic_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRaetic language\u003c\/a\u003e from the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tyrsenian_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTyrsenian language family\u003c\/a\u003e, or to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celtic_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCeltic languages\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extant corpus is carved on rock. There are at least 170 known inscriptions, the majority of which are only a few words long. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Writing_system\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewriting system\u003c\/a\u003e used is a variant of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etruscan_alphabet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003enorth-Etruscan alphabet\u003c\/a\u003e, known as the \u003cem\u003eCamunian alphabet\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003ealphabet of Sondrio\u003c\/em\u003e. Longer inscriptions show that Camunic writing used \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boustrophedon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eboustrophedon\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts name derives from the people of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Camunni\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCamunni\u003c\/a\u003e, who lived during the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Age\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIron Age\u003c\/a\u003e in Valcamonica and were the creators of many of the stone carvings in the area. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abecedarium\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAbecedariums\u003c\/a\u003e found in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadro\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNadro\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piancogno\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePiancogno\u003c\/a\u003e have been dated to between 500 BC and 50 AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe amount of material is insufficient to fully decipher the language. Some scholars think it may be related to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raetic_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRaetic\u003c\/a\u003e and to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etruscan_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEtruscan\u003c\/a\u003e, but it is considered premature to make such affiliation. Other scholars suggest that Camunic could be a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celtic_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCeltic\u003c\/a\u003e or another unknown \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-European_languages\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndo-European language\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/collections\/ongunkan-camunic-script-font-runic-world-tamgac.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}