Editing Umbrian language (section)

==Alphabet==
The Iguvine tablets were written in two alphabets. The older, the Umbrian alphabet, like other [[Old Italic script]], was derived from the [[Etruscan alphabet]], and was written right-to-left, essentially equivalent to the Neo-Etruscan, but using a letter shaped like a 'P' from the Archaic Etruscan alphabet for the unique Umbrian sound discussed below. The newer was written in the [[Latin script]]. The texts are sometimes called Old Umbrian and New Umbrian. The differences are mainly orthographic.<ref>{{harvnb|Buck|1904|p=7}}</ref> For example, ''rs'' in the Latin alphabet is represented by a single character in the native script (generally transcribed as '''ř'''; this represents an unknown sound that developed regularly from intervocalic *-d- in most cases). To clearly distinguish them, the native script is generally transcribed in bold, the Latin in italics.<ref> Buck, C.D. A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian pp. 82-83 </ref>
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