Re: Etruscan related to proto-indo-european? Is Linear A Luwian?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Francisco Antonio Doria <doriagen@...> wrote:

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> Just finished reading a book by Margalit Finkelberg, where she makes two extraordinary claims, to me at least:
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> - Etruscan is related to proto-indo-european.

I agree, though obviously much of the native lexicon of Etruscan was replaced with words from a substrate. However, this is not the mainstream view.

This discussion, however, is more appropriate for the Nostratic group.

> - Linear A is Luwian.
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> Any new results on that?

I have no opinion on this since I've done no research on Linear A.