Editing Noric language (section)

{{Short description|Extinct Celtic language of Central Europe}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Noric
| image            = Grafenstein inscription & facsimile.png
| imagecaption     = The Grafenstein inscription
| states           = [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]]
| ethnicity        = [[Taurisci]]
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [[Celtic languages|Celtic]]
| fam3             = [[Nuclear Celtic languages|Nuclear Celtic]]
| era              = attested 2nd century AD
| iso3             = nrc
| glotto           = nori1240
| glottorefname    = Noric
| linglist         = nrc
| script           = [[Old Italic scripts|Old Italic]]
}}
The '''Noric''' or '''Eastern Celtic''' language was likely an unclassified [[Continental Celtic language]]. Its existence is inferred from only two fragmentary inscriptions from the area of the former [[Roman Empire|Roman]] province of [[Noricum]] (one in [[Grafenstein]], [[Carinthia]], [[Austria]], the other in [[Ptuj]], [[Slovenia]]). These do not provide enough information to draw conclusions about the language. Nonetheless, it is assumed to have been similar to other [[Celtic languages]] near to it, such as [[Gaulish language|Gaulish]]. No evidence yet shows when it became extinct.