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Etruscan Decipherment: Translation of Etruscan Inscriptions(English)

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Stuart L Harris,

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform (Publisher)

Published

2016

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Language and Linguistics Linguistics Palaeography Writing systems, alphabets

By: Stuart L Harris | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | Released: 27 Feb 2016

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For the first time, Etruscan Decipherment presents the beauty and complexity of Etruscan literature. The resulting texts embrace a range of topics that evince linguistic mastery. Translation was made possible by the discovery of a hundred bilingual inscriptions in an older script called Old European. The language is Finnish, once spoken throughout Europe. The script is a syllabary with over seventy different combinations of consonants and vowels. Because it is a syllabary, each letter spells a word, which means that even a short inscription expands into a long sentence.