Il consonantismo delle iscrizioni osche meridionali, la fonologia strutturale e la scrittura greca

The article focuses on a feature of Southern Oscan, in which forms with final ‹-τ› (in
Greek script) or ‹-t› (in Latin script) are sporadically attested in correspondence of a stable
‹-d› of epichoric script. Such a fact has been interpreted as a regional peculiarity within
Oscan, phonologically motivated either as a lenition or as a final neutralisation. Difficulties
of both solutions are illustrated on the basis of structural and historical phonology.
Therefore, a different solution is proposed: a graphic fact induced by the peculiarities of
Greek script, in which Oscan was traditionally written in the area, is hypothesised. Hence
the phenomenon would later be reflected in the Latin script of the Tabula Bantina.