Evidence · Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated
Lydian is an Indo-European Anatolian language with no resemblance to Etruscan, as Dionysius of Halicarnassus already…
Lydian is an Indo-European Anatolian language with no resemblance to Etruscan, as Dionysius of Halicarnassus already observed.
What it means
Key questionWhere did the Etruscan language come from: Anatolia, the Aegean or Italy itself?
3 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onThe Etruscans and their language came from western Anatolia or the north-east Aegean, as Herodotus's Lydian story…
Counts against1 for, 2 against
Still possibleunchanged
Sources 2
Antiquitates Romanae (Roman Antiquities), Book 1, chapter 30
SRCHalicarnassus 1885
Etruscan
SRCRix 2008
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Lydian is an Indo-European Anatolian language with no resemblance to Etruscan, as Dionysius of Halicarnassus already… [Evidence EVD0DEEC9092GJB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEC9092GJB
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author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEC9092GJB},
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