A Italic subfamily occurs as member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. Italic has 2 known branches:

Sabellic including: Oscan, was spoken in the south-central vicinity of the Italian peninsula Volscian Umbrian (not to exist as confused using a modern Umbrian accent of Italian), was spoken northerly-central region Latino-Faliscan including: Faliscan, was spoken in the area around Falerii Veteres (modern Civita Castellana) northward of the city of Rome Latin, was spoken in west-central Italy, a Roman conquests finally spreading it throughout a empire & beyond.

A Italic speakers were non indigen to Italy, however migrated into a Italian peninsula in the late 2nd millennium BC. Archaeologically, a Appenine culture (inhumations) enters a Italian peninsula from either ca. 1350 BC, east to west; a Iron Age reaches Italy from ca. 1100 BC, with a Villanovan culture (cremating), intruding north to south. Prior to a Italic arrival, Italy was populated primarily by non-Indo-European groups (mayhap including a Etruscans). A number one payout on the Palatine hill dates to ca. 750 BC, settlements on the Quirinal to 720 BC (see Founding of Rome).

A Italic languages come 1st attested inside writing from either Latin inscriptions dating to the 6th or 5th centuries BC. A alphabets utilized come according to a Old Italic alphabet, which is itself based on a Greek alphabet. A Italic languages themselves indicate minor influence from either a Etruscan and somewhat more from either a Ancient Greek languages.

When Rome extended its political dominion all over a whole of a Italian peninsula, therefore as well did Latin get dominant over the more Italic languages, which ceased to become spoken mayhap erstwhile in the 1st century AD. From either therefore-supposed Vulgar Latin the Romance languages emerged.

A ancient Venetic language, when revealed by inscriptions (including complete sentences) is considered by numbers of linguists to keep around been super around a Italic languages & these are occasionally possibly classed as Italic.