The majority opinion is that it isn't, and
only a handful of linguists side with V. Georgiev, who regards Etruscan as an
Anatolian dialect closely related to Lydian. A more popular view is that
Etruscan and the apparently related Rhaetic and Lemnian languages form a small
family (sometimes referred to as "Tyrrhenian") that could be a "sister" of
Indo-European in a more encompassing family tree.
Piotr
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Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 6:38 PM
Subject: [tied] etruscan
A very naive question at the end of the year:
Is
etruscan an indo-european language or is it not?
A happy new year to you
all!
Morten