Messapian (also known as Messapic)'s an extinct Indo-European language of South-eastern Italy, once spoken in the region of Apulia. It was spoken by the three Iapygian tribes of the region: the Messapians, the Dauni and the Peucetii. The language, has been preserved in about 300 inscriptions dating from the 6th to the 1st century BC. Messapian may have been an Illyrian language. The Illyrian languages were spoken mainly on the other side of the Adriatic Sea. The link between Messapian and Illyr… (More on Messapic)