Language, Alphabet, and Linguistic Affiliation

Wallace, Rex

doi:10.1002/9781118354933.ch14

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“…According to the currently accepted theory, the Etruscan phonology did not distinguish between voiced stops B,D,G vs. voiceless stops P,T,K but primarily between non-aspirated P,T,K, vs. aspirated stops P h ,T h ,K h instead (Bilbija 1984(Bilbija , 1989Stützer 1992;Rix 1998Rix , 2008Wallace 2008Wallace , 2016. It is even assumed that when words from foreign languages were borrowed into Etruscan, voiced stops became typically converted into unvoiced ones.…”

Section: Voiced Stops In Etruscanmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Etruscans an Extinct Indo-Aryan Civilizationof Ancient Europe

Vrsac¹,

Serbia²

2022

IJREP

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Who were the mysterious Ancient Apennine tribe called Etruscans and what was the language they actually used to speak? Despite numerous attempts at decipherment and some claims of success, the Etruscan records still defy translation. Paradoxically, though the Etruscan letters derived from Euboean Greek alphabet are well known and easily readable, the Etruscan language itself still remains an enigma and is only partly understood. There is no literature in Etruscan left behind, but rather several thousand inscriptions, mostly of religious significance, engraved on sarcophagi and cremation urns. The present paper following the authentic Etruscan emphasis on the importance of the religious content of the inscriptions, coupled with the latest genetic studies of the Etruscan population, attempts at decoding anew the real origins of the ancient Etruscan people in the Apennine peninsula.

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Section: Voiced Stops In Etruscanmentioning

confidence: 99%