Mark Odegard writes:
As for the Etruscan language itself, it remains undeciphered. We know
some words (perhaps), but there is nothing that really really relates to
any other known language, and until the unlikely day we find a Rosetta
Stone, it will probably remain this way. Some respectable scholars have
speculated about a relationship to IE, but this is just speculative
(something to do with verbs, as I recall).
Gerry: STOP THE PRESSES! I just referred to The Alexeev Manuscript,
Chapter VII, Lecture 11 and discovered something VERY relevant.
Alekseev says that a large stone has been discovered with the Etruscan
language on one side, and Greek translation on the other. So perhaps, if
some of our "detective" friends can find the location of the stone, we
might have a few more answers.
Cheers,
Gerry
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Gerald Reinhart
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