# The inscription is Vasconic and its first word is cognate with Basque zorion, "good fortune".

> Disputed: The inscription is Vasconic and its first word is cognate with Basque zorion, "good fortune".

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# The inscription is Vasconic and its first word is cognate with Basque zorion, "good fortune".

The inscription is Vasconic and its first word is cognate with Basque zorion, "good fortune".

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Other words on the hand also have regular Basque correspondences.

## What would rule it out

- The comparative method shows the proposed correspondences are irregular.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The editors read the script as a Vasconic subsystem and the text as apotropaic.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language/evidence/EVD0D6C3AYY3924/the-editors-read-the-script-as-a-vasconic-subsystem-and-the)

Suggestive

FOR

[A comparative-method test of the key cognate found the evidence inconclusive.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language/evidence/EVD0D6C3B6R5YK5/a-comparative-method-test-of-the-key-cognate-found-the)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Is the Irulegi hand inscription in an ancestor of Basque?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language/questions/QST0D6C353E6FK9/is-the-irulegi-hand-inscription-in-an-ancestor-of-basque)

Part of [Is Iberian related to Basque?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/iberian-language/questions/QST0D6C34C02RT8/is-iberian-related-to-basque)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscription is Vasconic and its first word is cognate with Basque zorion, "good fortune". [Answer ANS0D6C3AQ45V83]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D6C3AQ45V83
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