Ligurian (Romance language) in the form of a substrate or otherwise, can be demonstrated by linguistic evidence. Only the toponyms are known to have survived from ancient Ligurian, the name "Liguria" being the most obvious example. Variants of the Ligurian language are: The Ligurian alphabet has: According to the spelling of the Genoese "Académia Ligùstica do Brénno" Ligurian (Romance language) Ligurian ("ligure" or "lengua ligure") is a Gallo-Italic language spoken in Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, Monaco and in the villages of Carloforte and Calasetta in Sardinia. It is part of the Gallo-Italic and Western Romance
Custom of the sea Custom of the sea A custom of the sea is a custom that is said to be practiced by the officers and crew of ships and boats in the open sea, as distinguished from maritime law, which is a distinct and coherent body of law that governs maritime questions and offenses. Among these customs is the practice of cannibalism among shipwrecked survivors, by the drawing of lots to see who is to be killed and eaten so that the others might survive. After a whale rammed and sank the whaling ship "Essex" of Nantucket on 20 November 1820, the survivors