Its name derives from the people of the Camunni, who lived during the Iron Age in Valcamonica and were the creators of many of the stone carvings in the area.
Abecedariums found in Nadro and Piancogno have been dated to between 500 BC and 50 AD.
[citation needed] The amount of material is insufficient to fully decipher the language.
Some scholars think it may be related to Raetic and to Etruscan,[3][6] but it is considered premature to make such affiliation.
[7] Other scholars suggest that Camunic could be a Celtic or another unknown Indo-European language.