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Topic: Etruscan Language 
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Message: An interesting email
Author: Sacerdos - Camitlnas Tullius, Patron 
Date: Dec 13, 2000 01:08
      I get a number of interesting emails from various people through my 
      feedback link. I will post this one, because I think it may interest you 
      in terms of wild theories that are going about. 

      I would tend to believe that the proto Canaanite alphabet is the 
      grand-daddy of them all, and that in accordance with current thinking, 
      this was derived through random use of heiroglyphic symbols to represent 
      phonetic values. The alphabet then went on to evolve into Phoenician, 
      Aramaic and Hebrew alphebets, and eventually Greek, Etruscan and Latin (in 
      that order) as well as the modern arabic alphabet. 

      Here is the transcript (Oldest email last): 
      ============================================ 
      Dear Jim 

      I am anonymous with great interest for Etruscan language and alphabet. I 
      am in touch with Mel almost 2 years in discussions of subject (exactly 
      from NATO attack to Serbia). 

      Mel establish statistical approach which guide him to the present point 

      - translation of language. Romance languages, which inherited the Latin, 
      carry the spirit of Etruscan like Latin. Some Latin words are Etruscan 
      backward written and etc. I am interested for Etruscan predecessors in 
      light of Prof. Radivoje 
      Peshic work. He discovered alphabet in Vincha artifacts (Vincha, village 
      near the Belgrade, Vincha-Tordosh neolitic culture widespreaded in 
      eastern Balkan in Morava, Vardar and Dunav velly from Belgrade to Black 
      Sea). Alphabet is very similar to Etruscan almost one to one, even in 
      variation of writing. 

      Alphabet is dated from 5200 to 3400 BC, and lasted to about 1400-1800 BC. 

      Very interesting. But you can't find anything on network or else about 
      work of Prof. Peshic. He must emigrated from Yugoslavia to Italy, first 
      in Milan and later to Areco, where established Academy for Etruscan study. 
      Prof. Peshic passed in 1995 and his work is almost forgotten. 
      Nobody want to hear about the oldest alphabet on the world. Why? Because 
      this fact will upside-down the well established history? This remind me 
      on Piltdown man which was forgery of leader of English anthropology almost 
      30 or even 50 years. Here we have not 30 or 50 years but more 
      than 50 centuries. Why this silent? 
      Do you know anything about previous? 
      Do you know where to find data from Milan symposium about alphabets 
      (before 2 months, I supose, news in Corriere dela Serra)? 

      Regards, 

      Predrag 

      jim C penny wrote: 
      > 
      >  Thanks Predrag, 
      > 
      > Yes I have visited Maravot's page. My own opinion is a little harsh. 
      Maravot has obviously put a lot of work into the site, and it is an 
      excellent source of Etruscan transcriptions. However there is a lot of 
      established work on Etruscan linguistics which he does not acknowledge. 
      His interpretation of the language is either very  naive or very bizarre. 
      He has started with the assumption that the Etruscan language is Indo 
      European, and then goes on to use any connections with Latin, French and 
      Italian words to try to prove this. One look at the Etruscan numbers alone 
      should be enough to 
      show that it is not Indo European. 
      > 
      > Mel Copeland's work on the Tabula seems to be very methodical, but I 
      haven't read it in much depth yet. 
      > 
      > Do I know you from www.ancientsites.com (down at the moment)? 
      > 
      > Jim Penny (Alias Camitlnas Tullius) 
      >  -- 
      > 
      > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 14:26:38 
      >  Predrag Djordjevic wrote: 
      > >Dear Jim, 
      > > 
      > >I visited your site today. Good place. 
      > >Do you know www.maravot.com and work of Mel Coplend. Could you tell me 
      > >your opinion about this site? 
      > > 
      > >Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (Millennium) 
      > > 
      > >Regards, 
      > > 
      > >Predrag 











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