Well Glennie, at least I fairly certain it's of Italian origin.  Placing it in another domain sounds kinda fishy.  And since Alekseev also placed Etruscan in Italy, that's my opinion. 
Here's a link for you:  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/4060/etruscan1.htm
It appears to be fairly accurate.
 
But I must admit that when I claimed that the language still hadn't been translated, that was old information.  Actually quite a lot has been done since the Alekseev Ms. was written as the above link confirms.  The only text so far still not translated is: The Tabula cortunensis (still untranslated)
 
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon
To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [nostratic] And finally...

Gerry:
>Dear Glennie.  A language with only a vocabulary is nothing more than a
>dictionary.  One needs syntax (among other things) to breathe life into the
>words.

Whatever, Gerry. Bye bye now. You have no clue about Etruscan.
 

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>
>Gerry
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Glen Gordon
>   To: nostratic@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:32 PM
>   Subject: Re: [nostratic] And finally...
>
>
>   Gerry:
>   >About those hundreds of words -- hate to tell you, but hundreds still
>   > >doesn't constitute a language.
>
>   And what does?? A thousand, ten thousand, a million? Is English
>   still an undecipherable language??! Please, Gerry, your twisted
>   rantings are unappreciated and it seems that most disagree with
>   you on this list.
>
>