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The '''Etruscan alphabet''' derives from the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]], it is however not clear whether the process of adaptation took place in [[Italy]] or in [[Greece]]/[[Asia Minor]]. The [[Etruscan language|Etruscan]] was mostly written from left to right. |
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It was in any case a Western Greek [[alphabet]]. |
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In the alphabets of the West, X had the sound value [ks], Psi stood for [k_h]; in Etruscan: X = [s], Psi = [k_j] or [k_X] (Rix 202-209). |
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''Is this supposed to be Psi or Chi?'' |
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An additional sign, 8, was present in both [[Lydian]] and Etruscan (Jensen 513) Its origin is disputed; it may be an altered B or H or an ex novo creation (Rix 202). Its sound value was /f/ and it replaced the Etruscan FH. |
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==External link== |
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* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/etruscan.htm The Etruscan alphabet] |
Revision as of 03:41, 16 July 2004
The Etruscan alphabet derives from the Greek, it is however not clear whether the process of adaptation took place in Italy or in Greece/Asia Minor. The Etruscan was mostly written from left to right. It was in any case a Western Greek alphabet. In the alphabets of the West, X had the sound value [ks], Psi stood for [k_h]; in Etruscan: X = [s], Psi = [k_j] or [k_X] (Rix 202-209). Is this supposed to be Psi or Chi? An additional sign, 8, was present in both Lydian and Etruscan (Jensen 513) Its origin is disputed; it may be an altered B or H or an ex novo creation (Rix 202). Its sound value was /f/ and it replaced the Etruscan FH.