From: Sciarretta Antonio
Message: 51145
Date: 2008-01-09
>Archeologists agree on the fact that the place whereNE Caucasian, for instance. See the posts from Ed Robertson on this list. In any case, Etruscan is clearly not connected with other languages in Italy.
>Etruscans can be found historically is continuously
>occupied by an archeological culture
>that is traceable at least to - 1 700,
>with no clear trace of outside intrusion.
>If Etruscans should ever be from somewhere else,
>they must have arrived very earlier.
>I suppose most (pre)historians working on Etruscans
>are just fed up with crack-pot theories.
>And it is the reason why a majority of people just think
>Etruscans are autochotonous in Italia.
>I don't see any place where Etruscans could come from
>in the "East".
>This would imply Etruscan is clearly connected with some other language
>in the east : so which one ?
>Arnaud
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>Can some one clarify to me the connection between Etruscan with the
>East in simple terms?
In simple terms, the answer is no.
There are always theories, some odder than others, but no consensus.
Peter