The Veneti (Enetoi in Greek) were an ancient people who inhabited today's northeastern Italy, in a area comprised in the modern-day region Veneto. They spoke the Venetic language, a language somewhat close to the Italic languages. Veneto is one of the twenty Regions of Italy. ... Venetic is an extinct Indo-European language that was spoken in ancient times in the central Europe from modern Slovak and Sloven territory, Histria, the southern fringe of the Alps, to the Po River delta. ... The Italic subfamily is a member of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family. ...
The ancient Veneti are not to be confused with the later Venetians, who traditionally speak Venetian, a Romance language. Peoples of the name Veneti seemed to occupy also many other European regions, but it should be emphasized that these were not one and the same people. Venice is known for its waterways and gondolas Gondola. ... Venetian or Venetan is a Romance language spoken by over two million people, mostly in the Veneto region of Italy. ...
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