Re: Etruscana (was: some Proto-Quendic grammar)
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 20, 2003, 0:17 |
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In a message dated 11/18/2003 1:08:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ray.brown@FREEUK.COM writes:
>Most of the objective evidence about
>Etruscan
>does not indicate IE connexion as far as I can see. Try these numerals:
>1 thu /t_hu/
>2 zal
>3 ci /ki/
>4 sa
>5 mach /mak_h/
>6 huth
Oddly enough, I have a book about Etruscan* that says:
1 = ez (first = zal)
2 = thu
3 = ci
4 = huth
5 = mach
6 = s'a
Apparently there's still some dispute about the numerals. That must make
comparative work rather difficult.
*_Linguistica Tyrrenica_ by Fred C. Woudhuizen. I don't know if it's
considered reliable.
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