RT Book, Section
T1 Language and writing among the Lusitanians
A1 Luján Martínez, Eugenio Ramón
A2 Sinner, Alejandro G.
A2 Velaza, Javier
AB ABSTRACT: The number of inscriptions written totally or partially in Lusitanian is limited: only six or seven with Lusitanian vocabulary and/or grammatical words, usually dated to the first two centuries CE. All are written in the Latin alphabet, and most are bilingual, displaying code-switching between Latin and Lusitanian. There are also many deity names in Latin inscriptions. The chapter summarizes Lusitanian phonology, morphology, and syntax, though entire categories are not attested at all. Scholarly debate about the classification of Lusitanian has focused on whether it should be considered a Celtic language. The chapter reviews the main issues, such as the fate of Indo-European */p/ or the outcome of voiced aspirate stops. The prevailing opinion is that Lusitanian was not Celtic. It must have diverged from western Indo-European dialects before the kernel of what would evolve into the Celtic and Italic families had been constituted. An appendix provides the text of extant Lusitanian inscriptions and representative Latin inscriptions displaying Lusitanian deity names and/or their epithets.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 978-0-19-879082-2 (Print)
SN 978-0-19-183327-4 (Online)
YR 2019
FD 2019-02-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95661
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95661
LA eng
NO Luján, E. R., 'Language and writing among the Lusitanians', in Alejandro G. Sinner, and Javier Velaza (eds), «Palaeohispanic Languages and Epigraphies» (Oxford, 2019; online edn, Oxford Academic, 17 Apr. 2019), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198790822.003.0011
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 abr 2025