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Which alphabets were used to write Oscan?
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Modern knowledge of the Oscan language is derived from approximately 250 documents and inscriptions that were written using three distinct alphabets:
- A native alphabet derived from the Etruscan alphabet.
- The Greek alphabet.
- A rustic or colonial Latin alphabet.1