An extinct language of ancient S Italy belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European family (5)

I believe the answer is:

oscan

(Other definitions for oscan that I've seen before include "old Italian" , "Veteran Italian" , "Ancient tongue" , "Language once heard" , "old language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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