Marcus in reply to Dennis's post asked
> And which would be the family of people (or language)
> closest to the Sea People and Etruscans ?
> Perhaps the Phriges ?
No, not Phrygian, although it may have had a Etruscan-TRSN substrate
(and some borrowed vocabulary). Glen has suggested that they are an
early split off from Indo-European (i.e. an earlier stage of
Indo-Etruscan), which could make some sense archaeologically if it
occurred in the mesolithic period.
Marcus we have gone through these subjects at length, as Dennis has
suggested. If through internet you upload egroups.com, enter your
email adress and fill in the proforma, you can access the archive of
cybalist right back to the first message. Search on Pelasgian and
Peoples of the Sea, and you should be able to follow the development
of the discussion that has taken place, to get you up to speed with
the others.
Hope this helps
Regards
John