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Messapic

American  
[muh-sey-pik, -sap-ik] / məˈseɪ pɪk, -ˈsæp ɪk /
Also Messapian

noun

  1. an Indo-European language that was spoken in what is now SE Italy and written with an alphabet derived from that of Greek.

Etymology

Origin of Messapic

1765–75; < Latin Mesāp ( ius ) pertaining to Messāpia the Calabrian peninsula + -ic

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