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Etruscan language

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Etruscan language

Language spoken by the ancient people of Etruria in what is now Italy. Its proposed relations with the Indo-European family have not been generally accepted, and Etruscan remains a linguistic isolate (i.e., unrelated to any other language). Known mainly from inscriptions that date from the 7th century BC to the 1st century AD, Etruscan was written in an alphabet probably derived from one of the Greek alphabets.
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In taking such a position, Natella not only disagrees with Pallottino, one of Etruscan's major experts, but also ignores Etruscan's main authority, Giuliano Bonfante who affirms: "Attempts to connect the Etruscan language with Albanian, Armenian, Aztec, and a long series of other languages are based on the so-called 'etymological' method now in disgrace among serious scholars" (Giuliano Bonfante and Larissa Bonfante, The Etruscan Language [Manchester: Manchester UP 2002] xii).
Pasquale Natella. La parola mafia by Melzi, Robert C. / Italica
 
 
 
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