Messapian (also known as Messapic) is an extinct Indo-European language of South-eastern Italy, once spoken in the regions of Apulia and Calabria. It was spoken by the three Iapygian tribes of the region: the Messapians, the Daunii and the Peucetii.
Illyrian languages Proto-Indo-European language Genitive case Aphrodite Apulia Indo-European languages Alf Torp Peucetii Hermann Hirt Iapyges Robert Seymour Conway Messapii Italy Paul Kretschmer Venetic language Centum-Satem isogloss Oscan language Ligurian language Praenomen Ennius Melendugno Roman naming conventions Cumae Galatina Theodor Mommsen Lecce Brindisi Grammatical mood Capua Grammatical number Patronymic Consonant Latvian language Adriatic Sea Germanic languages Calabria Albanian language Lithuanian language Zeus Anthroponymy
