dnewhous 4 Report post Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) What does the Etruscan alphabet look like and what are its antecedents? It's hard to get a straight answer out of the wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_language It appears the best answer for the language is that it is semitic. The best answer for the alphabet is that it is semitic as well? But semites used ideograms! If the alphabet is derived from Greek, let's see the symbols. If I understand correctly, semitic is a famly of languages that came to dominate the middle east after the old kingdom/new kingdom break. I suppose it would be a transfer of dominance from Sumer to Akkad in the middle east. The dominate semitic dialect became Akkadian, but I haven't had enough time to read everything I want to and I never will. As Gandalf said, there is never enough time. Anyway, has anyone ever compared Etruscan to Egyptian? I'm shooting in the dark, but so is the wikipedia. Isn't pharaoh "Great House" in Etruscan? What was the "real" title of the Egyptian ruler? I'm going to head to the library and check worldbook. I know it used to be there. It starts with an 'm'? Edited January 27, 2017 by dnewhous Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
