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		ch4s3 on May 21, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linguists find proof of sweeping language pattern ... Right. Even Latin had a lot of Etruscan vocabulary and used the Etruscan alphabet.

ted_dunning on May 21, 2025 [–]

Which was a bastardization of Greek and Phoenician.

ch4s3 on May 21, 2025 | [–]

Do you mean the alphabet? Because Etruscan is not related to Greek, and Phoenician was a Semitic language.

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