Etruscan language - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - History
The Etruscans are thought by some to be indigenous people of Italy, living there before the Indo-European migration and the arrival of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raetic Language: Encyclopedia - Raetic Language
Raetic or Rhaetic is an obscure language of antiquity, which used to be spoken in the province of Raetia, in the Eastern Alps, to the nor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eteocretan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Eteocretan Language - Known Inscriptions
Dreros 1 1: ---rmaw|et|isalabre|komn 2: ---d|men|inai|isaluria|lmo 3: ----tonturonmēa.oaoiewad 4: eturo---munadoa-enē-- 5: --m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lemnian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Lemnian Language - Translation Of The Lemnos Stele
In order to properly translate the stele, one must sift through a sea of hearsay and speculation that abounds about this cloudy text. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin: Encyclopedia - Latin
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained wide usage as the formal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tyrrhenian: Encyclopedia - Tyrrhenian
Tyrrhenian may refer to the Pelasgians (Sophocles Inachus, fr. 256, Thucydides 4.106) the pre-Greek Lemnians the Etruscans the Tyrrhenia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cortona: Encyclopedia - Cortona
Cortona (pop. 22,046) is a small town in Tuscany, Italy. It is famous as the base for some scenes in Roberto Benigni's film Life is Beaut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C: Encyclopedia - C
C (lowercase c) is the third letter of the Roman alphabet. Its name in English is cee. In the Etruscan language, plosive consonants had n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia - Carthage
Carthage (from the Phoenician Qart-Hadasht "New City" (written without vowels as QRT HDŠT قرت-حدش or קרת חדשת), was an anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cippus Perusinus: Encyclopedia - Cippus Perusinus
The Cippus Perusinus or Cippus of Perugia is a stone tablet discovered near Perugia, Italy, in 1822. The tablet bears 46 lines of Etrusca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lemnian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Lemnian Language - The Lemnos Stela
The stela was found built into a church wall in Kaminia and is now at the National Museum, Athens. The 6th-century date is based on the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stele: Encyclopedia - Stele
A stele (or stela) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected for funerary or commemorative purposes, most usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lemnian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Lemnian Language - Classification
Due to the high degree of similarity between Lemnian and Etruscan, it has been concluded that the two languages are closely related withi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abecedarium: Encyclopedia - Abecedarium
An abecedarium is an inscription consisting of the letters of the alphabet in order. Typically, abecedaria are practice exercises. Some a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lemnian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Lemnian Language - Relationships To Other Languages
Characters similar to those used in Lemnos Stele inscription are also found on some pottery fragments on Lemnos. The Lemnian inscriptions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C: Encyclopedia Ii - C - Phonetic Use
/k/ developed palatal and velar allophones in Latin, probably due to Etruscan influence. The Romance languages and English have a common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Etruscan Society
Etruscan civilization - Kinship. The cemetaries of the Etruscans give us considerable information about their society. They were a mono...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rome - Ancient Rome
History of Rome - Origins. Further information: Founding of Rome, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin - History
Latin is a member of the family of Italic languages, and its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, is based on the Old Italic alphabet, which is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - History Of The Roman Republic
Roman Republic - The legendary founding of Rome — 753 BC. The origins and early history of Rome are very uncertain. While there are q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin - History
Latin is a member of the family of Italic languages, and its alphabet, the Latin alphabet, is based on the Old Italic alphabet, which is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C: Encyclopedia Ii - C - Phonetic Use
/k/ developed palatal and velar allophones in Latin, probably due to Etruscan influence. The Romance languages and English have a common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cippus Perusinus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cippus Perusinus - Discussion Of Its Translation
As with most Etruscan inscriptions, translations have not been very trustworthy because of a lack of thorough organization on the part of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Conflict With The Greeks And Romans
Carthage - First Sicilian War. Carthage's success led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Institutions
See also Roman military structure. Military history of ancient Rome - Roman army. "The Roman Army" is the name given by English-speake...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Language
The Etruscans are generally believed to have spoken a non-Indo-European language. Herodotus (c. 400 BC) records the legend that they came...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sardinian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sardinian Language - History And Origins
The history of the island of Sardinia, relatively isolated from the European continent up into modern times, led to the development of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pelasgians: Encyclopedia Ii - Pelasgians - Classical Greek Uses Of Pelasgian
Pelasgians - In Homer. The ethnonym Pelasgoí (Pelasgians) is of unknown etymology. It first occurs in the poems of Homer: the Pelasgia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rome - Medieval Rome
History of Rome - Barbarian and Byzantine rule. In 476, the last Western Roman emperor Romulus Augustus, a puppet (like almost all empe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sardinian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sardinian Language - Cultural Status
The Sardinian language is one of the principal elements of Sardinian cultural heritage, and there is great activity of late dedicated to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C: Encyclopedia Ii - C - Codes For Computing
In Unicode the capital C is codepoint U+0043 and the lowercase c is U+0063. The ASCII code for capital C is 67 and for lowercase c is 99;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin - Education
Although Latin was once the universal academic language in Europe, in recent years it has been supplanted by the study of many other lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Some Etruscan Cities
The cities that composed the Etruscan Dodecapoli or league of "twelve cities" has no completely authoritative roster. Those Etruscan citi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sardinian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sardinian Language - Sardinian Phonemes
Sardinian has the following consonant phonemes (according to Blasco Ferrer, today perhaps the most relevant expert in Sardinian language)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sardinian Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sardinian Language - Sardinian Dialects
The Sardinian language can be divided into the following main dialect groupings separated by isogloss bundles: Sardinian proper, uses ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - Figures Of The Republic
Roman Republic - Early Republic. Lucretia Lucius Junius Brutus Cincinnatus Appius Claudius the Censor Samnite wars Punic wars, Carthag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Etruscan Heritage At Rome
Those who subscribe to an Italic foundation of Rome, followed by an Etruscan invasion, typically speak of an Etruscan “influence” on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Events
Military history of ancient Rome - Patterns of Roman wars. The first Roman wars were wars of expansion and defence, aimed at protecting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C: Encyclopedia Ii - C - Alternative Representations
Charlie represents the letter C in the NATO phonetic alphabet. In international Morse code the letter C is DahDitDahDit: - · -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Roman Carthage
The site was too well-chosen to let it go to waste, however, and a new city grew up there, eventually becoming the second largest city in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Life In Carthage
Carthage - Carthaginian Commerce. The early trading empire of Carthage depended heavily on its trade with Tartessos and other cities of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latin: Encyclopedia Ii - Latin - Education
Although Latin was once the universal academic language in Europe, in recent years it has been supplanted by the study of many other worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Some Etruscan Cities
The cities that composed the Etruscan Dodecapoli or league of "twelve cities" has no completely authoritative roster. Those Etruscan citi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - Government Institutions
The first and most important institution of the Roman Republic was the Roman Senate. Inside the Senate there were two unofficial parties:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Mysterious Origins
On the one hand the Etruscans were said in legend to have come from Anatolia, either Lydia or Troy, where they must have been urbane and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Civilization - Language
The Etruscans are generally believed to have spoken a non-Indo-European language. Herodotus (c. 400 BC) records the legend that they came...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Founding Of Carthage
In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carthage: Encyclopedia Ii - Carthage - Founding Of Carthage
In approximately 814 BC, Carthage was founded by Phoenician settlers from the city of Tyre, bringing with them the city-god Melqart. Trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Texts
Helmut Rix, Etruskische Texte, works as a kind of incomplete thesaurus, a main key to studying the Etruscan language. First of all Rix an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Vocabulary
Due to its isolation, no significant certain translations from Etruscan into modern languages have been produced yet, however we can be f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Sounds
The reconstructed phonemes of Etruscan (IPA encoding): Etruscan language - Vowels. /a/ letter: A /e/ letter: E /i/ letter: I /u/ lette...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Classification
The majormost consensus is that Etruscan is related only to other members of what is called the Tyrrhenian language family which in itsel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Other Less Accepted Theories
The interest in Etruscan antiquities and the mysterious Etruscan language found its modern origin in a book by a Dominican monk, Annio da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etruscan Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Etruscan Language - Geographic Distribution
Etruscan was spoken in north-west and west-central Italy, in the region that even now bears their name: Tuscany, and in the Po valley to ...   » Read the article