>Glen, do you think that the Pelasgians could have spoken a Tyrrhenian
>language?
Yes. However, there have been previous in-depth conversations on the
List in regards to Sea Peoples before. The "Pelasgoi" as the Greeks knew
them were probably multiple peoples, cultures and languages. I'm pretty
sure that one of these peoples were Tyrrhenian speaking. Of course,
if Minoan and EteoCypriot are Tyrrhenian along with Lemnian, we start
to see a very large language group in the Eastern Mediterranean that
has been previously overlooked and the chances of a Tyrrhenian-speaking
Sea People becomes exceedingly high.
>Also, where was Camunic spoken?
In NW Italy around the same time as the Etruscans. It is thought to
be most likely related to Etruscan and is written in the same script as
Etruscan, but the texts are few and far between.
- gLeN
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