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{{Short description|Ancient language of the Central Alps}} {{Infobox language | name = Camunic | region = [[Val Camonica]] | ethnicity = [[Camunni]] | era = first millennium BC | ref = linglist | familycolor = Unclassified | fam1 = ''[[unclassified language|unclassified]]'' ([[Tyrsenian languages|Tyrsenian]]?/[[Celtic languages|Celtic]]?) | iso3 = xcc | linglist = xcc | glotto = camu1235 | glottorefname = Camunic }} The '''Camunic language''' is an extinct language that was spoken in the 1st millennium BC in [[Val Camonica]], a valley in the [[Central Alps]]. The language is sparsely attested to an extent that makes any classification attempt uncertain—even the discussion of whether it should be considered a [[Pre-Indo-European languages|pre–Indo-European]] or an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]] has remained indecisive.<ref>Angelo Martinotti: ''Le iscrizioni preromane'', in U. Sansoni, S. Gavaldo (editors), ''Lucus rupestris. Sei millenni d’arte rupestre a Campanine di Cimbergo'', "Archivi" vol. 18, Esine 2009, pp. 324–337.</ref> Among several suggestions, it has been hypothesized that Camunic is related to the [[Raetic language]] from the [[Tyrsenian languages|Tyrsenian language family]],<ref name=Schumacher2000/><ref>M. G. Tibiletti Bruno. 1978. ''Camuno, retico e pararetico'', in ''Lingue e dialetti dell'Italia antica'' ('Popoli e civiltà dell'Italia antica', 6), a cura di A. L. Prosdocimi, Roma, pp. 209–255</ref> or to the [[Celtic languages]].<ref name="MARKEY">{{cite book|last1=Markey|first1=Thomas|title=Shared Symbolics, Genre Diffusion, Token Perception and Late Literacy in North-Western Europe|date=2008|publisher=NOWELE}}</ref>
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