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1. Italic Script

   Linked via "aspirates"

   Umbrian Script
   Umbrian inscriptions show a strong conservatism regarding the use of aspirates inherited from Greek, even when these sounds had been lost in spoken Umbrian. The Umbrian adaptation of the Etruscan script for the Tabulae Iguvinae utilized 29 distinct graphic forms, indicating a highly complex system attempting to capture subtle phonetic distinctions.
   A notable feature of the [Umbrian scr…