Etruscan language

E4693

ancient language dead language non-Indo-European language

The Etruscan language was an ancient non-Indo-European language spoken by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy, known primarily from inscriptions and having a significant influence on early Roman culture and Latin.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Etruscan	5
Lemnian language	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient language ⓘ dead language ⓘ non-Indo-European language ⓘ
attestedOn	Cippus Perusinus ⓘ Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis ⓘ Pyrgi Tablets ⓘ
derivedScriptFrom	Greek alphabet ⓘ
extinctBy	1st century CE ⓘ
grammarStatus	partially understood grammar ⓘ
hasFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ case-marking system ⓘ largely phonetic orthography ⓘ no clear grammatical gender ⓘ postpositions and suffixes ⓘ
influenced	Latin alphabet letter forms ⓘ Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language Roman onomastics ⓘ early Roman religious vocabulary ⓘ
ISO639-3	ett ⓘ
knownFrom	epigraphic evidence ⓘ funerary inscriptions ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ mirrors and artifacts ⓘ votive inscriptions ⓘ
languageFamily	Tyrsenian languages ⓘ
lexiconStatus	partially deciphered vocabulary ⓘ
notPartOf	Indo-European language family ⓘ
region	Lazio ⓘ Tuscany ⓘ Umbria ⓘ
relatedTo	Etruscan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lemnian language Raetic language ⓘ
replacedBy	Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
spokenBy	Etruscans ⓘ
spokenIn	Etruria ⓘ central Italy ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
studiedBy	epigraphers ⓘ historical linguists ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age Italy ⓘ
uncertainty	genetic affiliation debated ⓘ
usedBy	Etruscans ⓘ surface form: Etruscan civilization
writingMaterial	ceramic ⓘ linen ⓘ metal ⓘ stone ⓘ
writingSystem	Etruscan alphabet ⓘ Old Italic script ⓘ