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Os⋅co-Um⋅bri⋅an

[os-koh-uhm-bree-uhn]
–noun
a group of languages, usually classified as Italic, that contains Oscan and Umbrian.

Origin:
1890–95
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Os·co-Um·bri·an   (ŏs'kō-ŭm'brē-ən)   
n.  See Sabellic.
Sa·bel·lic   (sə-běl'ĭk)   
n.  A group of extinct Italic languages that includes Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene, known primarily from inscriptional remains. Also called Osco-Umbrian, Sabellian.

[From Latin Sabellus, Sabine.]
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