{"title":"Ongunkan Lepontic Script","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLepontic\u003c\/strong\u003e is an ancient \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlpine\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Celtic_language\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCeltic language\u003c\/a\u003e that was spoken in parts of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rhaetia\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRhaetia\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisalpine_Gaul\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCisalpine Gaul\u003c\/a\u003e (now \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Italy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNorthern Italy\u003c\/a\u003e) between 550 and 100 BC. Lepontic is attested in inscriptions found in an area centered on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lugano\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLugano\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Switzerland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSwitzerland\u003c\/a\u003e, and including the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Como\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLake Como\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Maggiore\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLake Maggiore\u003c\/a\u003e areas of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some recent scholarship (e.g. Eska 1998) has tended to consider Lepontic simply as an early outlying form of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gaulish\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGaulish\u003c\/a\u003e and closely akin to other, later attestations of Gaulish in Italy (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cisalpine_Gaulish\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCisalpine Gaulish\u003c\/a\u003e), some scholars (notably Lejeune 1971) continue to view it as a distinct \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Celtic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eContinental Celtic\u003c\/a\u003e language. In this latter view, the earlier inscriptions found within a 50 km radius of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lugano\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLugano\u003c\/a\u003e are considered Lepontic, while the later ones, to the immediate south of this area, are considered Cisalpine Gaulish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLepontic was assimilated first by Gaulish, with the settlement of Gallic tribes north of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/River_Po\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRiver Po\u003c\/a\u003e, and then by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLatin\u003c\/a\u003e, after the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roman_Republic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRoman Republic\u003c\/a\u003e gained control over Gallia Cisalpina during the late 2nd and 1st century BC\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/fr\/collections\/ongunkan-lepontic-script-font-runic-world-tamgac.oembed","provider":"MyFonts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}