Editing Umbrian language (section)

==Corpus==
Umbrian is known from about 30 inscriptions dated from the 7th through 1st centuries BC. The largest cache by far is the [[Iguvine Tablets]], seven<ref name=paolucci44>The tradition born in the 17th century that the tablets were originally nine, and that two, sent to Venice, never came back, must be considered spurious. Paolucci (1966), p. 44</ref> inscribed bronze tablets found in 1444  near the village of [[Scheggia e Pascelupo|Scheggia]] or, according to another tradition, in an underground chamber at [[Gubbio]] (ancient ''Iguvium'').<ref>AA. VV. (2004), p. 243</ref><ref name=paolucci44/> The seven tablets contain notes on the ceremonies and [[religious law|statute]]s for [[priest]]s of the ancient religion in the region. Sometimes they are called the Eugubian tablets after the medieval name of Iguvium/Eugubium.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-first=Frank Moore |editor-last=Colby |editor2-first=Talcott |editor2-last=Williams |title=Italic languages |encyclopedia= [[The New International Encyclopedia]] |volume=12 |location=New York | publisher=Dodd, Mead and Company | year=1922| page=459}}</ref> The tablets contain 4000–5000 words.

Other minor inscriptions are from [[Todi]], [[Assisi]] and [[Spoleto]].