Re: [tied] languages documented (Glen)

From: Davius Sanctex
Message: 24052
Date: 2003-06-30


[Glen] Doesn't look like Tartessian is Tyrrhenian at all. It doesn't show telltale signs of Tyrrhenian grammar. It looks more Vasconic than anything, relatable to Basque.
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[Davius] The few Sudlusitanian (i.e. Tartessina) inscriptions I know do not seem to share the typical sound of Iberian or Basque. It seems to have existed a kind of Ibero-Basque Sprachbund reflected in the frequences of distribution of some phonemes, the lack of a contrast between voice/voiceless sounds, the lack of long vowels, and similar configurations of syllable strcuture.
 
You can see at this link for some interesting information about Hispanic pre-Latin languages:
http://www.webpersonal.net/jrr/index.htm (Home Page)
http://www.webpersonal.net/jrr/ib13_en.htm (Tartessian inscription sample)