Editing Punic language (section)

==Description==
Punic is known from inscriptions (most of them religious formulae) and personal name evidence. The play ''[[Poenulus]]'' by [[Plautus]] contains a few lines of vernacular Punic which have been subject to some research because unlike inscriptions, they largely preserve the [[vowel]]s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Les passages puniques en transcription latine dans le Poenulus de Plaute |trans-title=The Punic passages in Latin transcription in ''Poenulus'' by Plautus |last=Sznycer |first=Maurice |author-link=Maurice Sznycer|year=1967 |publisher={{lang|fr|Librairie C. Klincksieck|nocat=yes}} |location=Paris}}</ref>

Like its Phoenician parent, Punic was written from right to left, in horizontal lines, without vowels.<ref name="Omniglot">{{cite web |url=http://www.omniglot.com/writing/punic.htm |title=Punic |work=Omniglot |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>