# Eteocretan is Tyrrhenian, related to Etruscan and Lemnian

> Still possible: Eteocretan belongs with Etruscan and Lemnian in a Tyrrhenian (Aegeo-Asianic) family, together with Minoan.

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# Eteocretan is Tyrrhenian, related to Etruscan and Lemnian

Eteocretan belongs with Etruscan and Lemnian in a Tyrrhenian (Aegeo-Asianic) family, together with Minoan.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Eteocretan endings will match Etruscan or Lemnian case and verb endings with the same functions.
- Personal names in Eteocretan texts will show Tyrrhenian name formation.

## What would rule it out

- The shared endings occur at the rate expected by chance between unrelated short corpora.
- A new bilingual whose Eteocretan grammar contradicts Etruscan morphology.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Brown and Facchetti point to a few endings and sound features shared between Eteocretan, Minoan and Etruscan or Lemnian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED3DS7A7G/brown-and-facchetti-point-to-a-few-endings-and-sound)

Speculative

FOR

[Etruscologists including Rix and De Simone judge the shared features too few to show relationship, and the Minoan side…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/evidence/EVD0DEED3MZVF09/etruscologists-including-rix-and-de-simone-judge-the-shared)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language do the Eteocretan inscriptions of Praisos and Dreros record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eteocretan-eteocypriot/questions/QST0DEDZ8QBDF18/what-language-do-the-eteocretan-inscriptions-of-praisos-and)

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