Re: [tied] languages documented (Alex) (it was: substratum)

I agree with your agreement about my impressions, Alex :-)

But there is one point of yours that confusses me:

[alex] The only documented languages in the Old Europa is Latin and Greek.
The case of the Roman Empire is the only
one explanation for the linguistic assumption due the fact the other
languages are not documented. Thus one assume that not being documented > we
can ignore them lingusitcialy in most points, we can explain trough
Latin/Greek the linguistic aspects, and there where soemthing does not fit,
then we can remind about the unknown languages which can play the
role of the joker now.
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[davius] But if there are many documents in say Phoenician-Punic, Etruscan,
Umbrian, Oscan, Celtiberian, Lepontic, Gaulish, ... Aren't they documented
languages?