A. Dialectal structure
OU (also: 'Sabellic') is a term for a group of languages spoken in eastern central and southern Italy before Romanization (see under D.). It has been possible to discern 14 vernaculars attested in inscriptions. On internal criteria they can be arranged in two dialect groups [1. 108]: the northern, 'Umbro-Sabine' one includes, as the most important representatives, Umbrian (chief towns Iguvium, Tuder), Southern Picene…