Editing Iberian language (section)

==Geographic distribution==
[[Image:Mapa llengües paleohispàniques-ang.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Iberian language in the context of [[paleohispanic languages]]]]

Iberian inscriptions are found along the [[Mediterranean coast]] of the Iberian Peninsula, reaching up to the river [[Hérault (river)|Hérault]] in the south of France. Important written remains have been found in [[Oppidum d'Ensérune|Ensérune]], between [[Narbonne]] and [[Béziers]] in France, in an {{lang|la|[[oppidum]]}} with mixed Iberian and [[Celt]]ic elements. The southern limit would be [[Porcuna]], in [[Jaén (Spanish province)|Jaén]] ([[Spain]]), where splendid sculptures of Iberian riders have been found. Further inland, the exact distribution of the Iberian language inscriptions is uncertain. It seems that the culture reached the interior through the [[Ebro]] river ({{lang|la|Iberus}} in Latin) as far as [[Zaragoza|Salduie]], but no further.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}}

Among the pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, the following might have spoken the Iberian language: [[Ausetani]] (northeastern [[Catalonia]]), [[Ilergetes]] ([[Lleida (province)|Lleida]] and [[Huesca (province)|Huesca]] up to the Pyrenees), [[Indigetes]] (coast of [[Girona (province)|Girona]]), [[Laietani]] ([[Barcelona (province)|Barcelona]]), [[Cassetani]] ([[Tarragona (province)|Tarragona]]), [[Ilercavones]] ([[Region of Murcia|Murcia]] and [[Levante, Spain|Levante]] up to Tarragona), [[Edetani]] ([[Valencia (province)|Valencia]], [[Castellón (province)|Castellón]] and [[Teruel (province)|Teruel]]), [[Contestani]] (Valencia, [[Alicante (province)|Alicante]], [[Cartagena (Spain)|Cartagena]] and [[Albacete (province)|Albacete]]), [[Bastetani]] ([[Granada (province)|Granada]], [[Almería (province)|Almería]] and Murcia) and [[Oretani]] ([[Jaén (Spanish province)|Jaén]], [[Ciudad Real (province)|Ciudad Real]], [[Province of Albacete|Albacete]] and [[Province of Cuenca|Cuenca]]). [[Turduli]] and [[Turdetani]] are believed to be of the [[Tartessian language]] group.

For some scholars, such as [[Velaza]] (2006), Iberian could have been the language spoken by the autochthonous population of these territories, while for others, such as [[De Hoz]] (1993), Iberian could have been more of a ''[[lingua franca]]''.