Tartessian language

Tartessian
RegionSouthwest Iberian Peninsula
Extinctafter 5th century BC[1]
Southwest Paleo-Hispanic
Language codes
ISO 639-3txr
txr
Glottologtart1237
Approximate extension of the area under Tartessian influence
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Tartessian language in the context of Paleo-Hispanic languages around 300 BCE

Tartessian is an extinct Paleo-Hispanic language found in the Southwestern inscriptions of the Iberian Peninsula, mainly located in the south of Portugal (Algarve and southern Alentejo), and the southwest of Spain (south of Extremadura and western Andalusia). There are 95 such inscriptions, the longest having 82 readable signs. Around one third of them were found in Early Iron Age necropolises or other Iron Age burial sites associated with rich complex burials. It is usual to date them to the 7th century BC and to consider the southwestern script to be the most ancient Paleo-Hispanic script, with characters most closely resembling specific Phoenician letter forms found in inscriptions dated to c. 825 BC. Five of the inscriptions occur on stelae that have been interpreted as Late Bronze Age carved warrior gear from the Urnfield culture.[2]

  1. ^ "Tartessian". Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  2. ^ Koch, John T. (2013). Celtic from the West 2 - Prologue: The Earliest Hallstatt Iron Age cannot equal Proto-Celtic. Oxford: Oxbow Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-1-84217-529-3. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2014-03-14.

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