Re: "foied vino" as Faliscan or Latin

Tommaso ániyë

 Just checked in a textbook on IE languages I have.  Faliscan is
 given as a "Latin variant with strong 'rustic' connotations (due to
 Umbrian interferences)."  I seem to understand that this statement
 is not uncontroversial, though.


   In all the textbooks and other types of books that
I've looked at Faliscan and Latin are described as distinct
languages to about the same extent as Dutch and German.
Saying that Faliscan is a "Latin variant" is to the best of
my knowledge a falsehood. Imagine telling a German person
that there language is just a variant of Dutch or vice versa!

Elliott